VISITORS Bush Theatre

Barney Norris observes the physical and mental decline of two elderly North Wiltshire farmers, who have had a long and very happy marriage. But with the onset of the wife’s dementia it looks as if they will have to sell the farm and she will have to go into a home. The script is gentle, humane, quiet in its humour and understated in its pathos and compassion. It’s a play many audiences are going to be able to identify with very easily. The chief pleasure is watching the performances of Linda Bassett and Robin Soans, which are so tender, so sensitive and so very real. The actors are so convincing in their love for each other that they do not seem to be acting at all.