The Lowry, Salford
Following two friends over three decades, Daniel Kanaber’s play spans friendship, mental health and emotionally pent-up men
‘Take care of yourself,” one character grunts to the other as he holds him in a headlock. This image sums up Daniel Kanaber’s new play about friendship, mental health and masculinity. Affection, for these emotionally pent-up men, can only be expressed through aggression.
Under Three Moons follows protagonists Mike and Paul through their teens, 20s and 30s. Three nights, three decades, two friends. On a sixth-form trip to France, the schoolmates strike up an awkward friendship; in a surf shack in Pembrokeshire, they dream of escaping to California; and at Christmas 10 years later, the estranged friends pick up the pieces. In the dim, semi-anonymity of night, the two men can talk about things that remain stifled by day.
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