A Girl in a Car with a Man

What our readers say

What’s it like reading this play now? Hows it aged? What does it speak to etc?

Utterly intriguing. The dialogues between Paula and the policeman who finds her walking in the rain, and between Stella and the unsuspecting David, are full of mystery, drip-fed reveals, and the uncanny, while Alex’s monologue of a hedonistic, drink-, drug- and sex-fuelled night on the tiles hurtles us along with him. The characters ache with longing and loneliness, and as the play progresses, we learn a little more about why. Moments of connection, when they come, are a bittersweet relief.

What did is it tell us about the past and present?

The play was written before the apps and social media took off, but the power of photos, videos and cameras over our lives and sense of identity is hugely present here. Even before the invention of the selfie, the feeling that an image simultaneously affirms and fractures our image of ourselves and of others, pervades.