Scottish-based Croatian writer Selma Dimitrijevic's first full-length play is billed as 'a hypnotic thriller set in a beguiling world of dream, danger and fantasy'. It's also a work of subtle shifts in nuance and meaning, brought to life by a fine ensemble.
Kananu Kirimi is Chris, a woman ever on the run from domestic abuse. When we meet her, she's been offered refuge by a neighbour. Sometimes he watches her late at night from the street. But a sense of déjà-vu hangs in the air: has she stayed here before? Is Frank as kind as he says?
Finally we find her alone with her husband, menacingly played by Benny Young. But are Chris's nighttime sojourns real or a fantasy, an escape from her situation, and safe place to work things out in her mind?
Night Time shows Dimitrijevic to be a writer of great promise but, as you're never sure what is real and what is false, this play's meaning is obscured.
Until Aug 26 (not Aug 6, Aug 13 or 20), Traverse 3: The University of Edinburgh Drill Hall, various times, £16, £5 to £11 concs.
Night Time
Drill Hall, Edinburgh Fringe
