Tommy Murphy's play presents three characters in four loosely linked scenes which feature much discussion about sex, role play and relationships. The first of the scenes seems stilted and the last of them diverts into a bewildering extra-terrestrial tangent. Saturn's Return has the occasional bright moment but was pretty hard going at times.
My theatre-going companion, Mk, almost always can provide an explanation of a play's theme or intent that puts my mind at rest but after this one he was as clueless as I was on what we had seen.
A disappointment really after Murphy's earlier very entertaining interpretation of Holding the Man.
I like the promotional poster though! Reminds me of Starman.
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