Review at a glance

Multiple emotional crises erupt when a female therapist forms a cookery group with three male inmates of a secure unit in this empathetic but uneven debut play by Sophia Griffin. The writer feels her way convincingly into the mix of bravado and vulnerability of male characters – all, like the therapist Naomi, of Caribbean heritage - both yearning for and afraid of the world outside. And there’s a real warmth between them and the woman they bashfully refer to as “miss”.

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