Jane Bodie’s Hilt is a play about connections made
and lost, about home – defining what it is, and finding our way back there;
it’s about doing the ‘right’ thing insofar as we are able to, and trying not to
regret the decisions and actions we make. It asks just how much are we willing
to sacrifice to live ‘the dream’?
Playing at the Old 505 Theatre, Hilt was (we are told) written out of a disassociation
with urban living and apartments in particular, the disconnection and
compartmentalisation of life – like living in milk crates stacked on top of
each other – is very much apparent in Bodie’s play, from the frequent muffled
interruptions by the neighbours through eggshell-thin walls, to the
conversations Kate and Adam share over breakfast in the middle of the play.
