With their unique mix of theatre and film, Oddbodies brought their original production, The House of No Return, to the Talbot Theatre in Whitchuch. The plot of this horror-comedy is a journey through the tangled mind of stressed-out American tourist Merv Corbin and the confusion the audience experiences acts as a metaphor for the confusion that our loved ones can cause, especially in their absence. | "His ability to play a huge range of characters... brings light-hearted humour to a show that could do with being broken up with a little more laughter" | | Annabel Jones |
Unfortunately, the problem with stories that acts as metaphors is that sometimes you have to see them in their entirety before you can start to understand their meaning. Regrettably this can mean that, for the majority of this two-hour show, it's easy to become more than a little bewildered as to what the point of it actually is. Thankfully, these feelings are somewhat dispersed by the interesting use of film clips, which give the show a unique eeriness that would be hard to establish in any other way. However, the most impressive feature of this production is the performance of the only live actor, Paul Morel. His ability to play a huge range of characters, all with distinctive accents, brings light-hearted humour to a show that could do with being broken up with a little more laughter.
 | | Blast reporter Annabel Jones |
It's a shame that you have to concentrate so hard on following the story that it could be easy to miss the brilliance of his performance. | 
