Silent Night

(Darlinghurst Theatre Company)

A couple is preparing lavish Christmas decorations for their house with the aim of winning a prize for the best decorated light display in their neighbourhood. Their thirty-three years old housebound and conniving son is proving a distraction and exacerbating tensions about how best to deal with his recalcitrant behaviour.

'Silent Night' is a new Australian play which appeared promising on paper and which we very much hoped to enjoy.

Unfortunately the first half was unfunny and crude. The cast worked hard, perhaps too hard, to win over an unresponsive audience. We didn't return to our seats after the interval, so I won't give a rating.