Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Molly McGeachin, Lucy Managan, Grace Church.

Life is not predictable, you are not able to look into a crystal ball and gaze with wonder at what will be, the children you will have, the career you will end up in, the friends you will fall in love with and those that will stay the course forever.

Life is a series of accidents that somehow manage to form together a relationship with Time and it is Time that plays with the minds of three women in the superb Edinburgh Fringe show at Zoo Southside, Moonface.

As the three women’s lives are explored, one through monologue, the other a racing duolog which gives an insight into the minds of young women’s desires and possible fall outs, the story opens out as one that, like life itself, cannot be avoided, one that must have eye contact upon at all times.

For audiences returning to the Edinburgh Fringe, the delight in finding a performer of arguably one of the most outstanding plays of last year, The            Dream Sequntialists, will be a big thrill. Lucy Managan brings the Moonface story up to date as the obsessed and driven girl on the verge of womanhood but to whom, even as she prides herself on her time management, her achievements and the way she handles life, cannot help it seems slip back into the charm of character as she has to deal with the adults that surround her.

Visually magnetic to watch, Ms. Managan strongly compliments the other two performers, Molly McGeachin and Grace Church, well, so much so that all three women of the cast are dynamic, interesting and captivating to watch as they tear through life’s ups and downs.

Life must never be predictable, life must never be seen as something that can be handed out pre-loaded like a new phone or laptop; it is in the twists and turns, the missed moments and opportunities that make it rich and exciting. Being adult on the other hand is at times over-rated but as Moonface shows with simple clarity, it is an occupational hazard that cannot be avoided, even if you can only manage it away from those you love.

A terrific show, one with balance and force, Moonface is the great afternoon discovery that you end up loving.

Ian D. Hall