TWO HEARTS is a very Captivating Exploration of Love, Memory, and Time.
Laura Lethlean’s TWO HEARTS is a masterful theatrical experience, that lingers in the mind long after the final curtain falls. Presented by Space Jump Theatre at the intimate Flight Path Theatre, this production is a poignant, beautifully crafted exploration of love, memory, and the inexorable passage of time.
Highly Recommended. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Directed with exquisite sensitivity by Kirsty Semaan, TWO HEARTS is a play that dares to ask profound questions about human connection while delivering a visually and emotionally resonant performance. The story revolves around the meeting and subsequent relationship between HIM (Yarno Rohling) and HER (Danette Potgieter), and they are two individuals, whose romance blossoms, falters, and ultimately becomes a canvas for both regret and reflection.
Shadowing their journey is the always enigmatic figure of IT (Lisa Hanssens), with a presence that is both haunting and symbolic, adding many layers of mystery, and depth to the narrative.
The play’s structure is innovative, weaving naturalistic dialogue with poetic introspection, as the characters grapple with their memories and attempt to reconstruct the truth of their shared past. What makes TWO HEARTS so extraordinary, is its ability to balance both the universal and the deeply personal.
The play’s central themes, of love, regret, and the construction of personal narratives, are timeless tropes, and yet Lethlean’s script infuses them with a freshness that feels both contemporary and urgent. The dialogue oscillates between tender realism and heightened lyricism, creating a rhythm that mirrors the ebb and flow of memory itself.
The result is a play that feels like a dream: vivid, fragmented, and achingly beautiful. The performances are nothing short of stellar.
Danette Potgieter as HER is a revelation, capturing the character’s performative charm and underlying vulnerability with remarkable nuance. Her portrayal of a woman who is both selfish and deeply sympathetic is a delicate balancing act, and Potgieter executes it flawlessly.
Yarno Rohling as HIM is equally compelling, bringing a warmth and authenticity to his role that makes his character’s journey all the more heartbreaking. His portrayal of a man grappling with the dissolution of his dream, being both romantic and personal, becomes deeply moving, and his chemistry with Potgieter is electric.
Lisa Hanssens delivers a superb performance that is as enigmatic as it is mesmerizing. Her physicality and vocal delivery evoke a presence that is both otherworldly and deeply human, embodying the play’s themes of time and memory with haunting precision. Hanssens’ ability to convey so much with so little is a testament to her skill as an actor, and her presence on stage is unforgettable. brava.
The production design is a triumph in its own right. Jasmin Borsovsky’s lighting design is subtle yet expressive, creating a visual language that complements the play’s emotional landscapes. Charlotte Leamon’s sound design is equally evocative, with a melancholic score that underscores the play’s themes of loss and longing. These elements create an immersive atmosphere, that draws the audience into the world of TWO HEARTS.
TWO HEARTS is a meditation on the fragility of human connection and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of our lives. It is a play that invites reflection, challenging its audience to consider how we navigate love, regret, and the passage of time.
While it may leave some questions unanswered, it is precisely this ambiguity that makes the play so powerful. Life, after all, is rarely neat or easily explained, and TWO HEARTS captures this truth with grace and poignancy.
TWO HEARTS is a triumph of contemporary theatre. Laura Lethlean’s writing is bold and insightful, Kirsty Semaan’s direction has panache and is assured and sensitive, and all the performances are outstanding and memorable.
This play that will stay with you, its gentle and quiet disquietude lingering like a half-remembered dream. Do not miss the opportunity to experience, this extraordinary production.
STARRING –
IT: Lisa Hanssens
HER: Danette Potgieter
HIM: Yarno Rohling
brava brava bravo
CREATIVES –
Writer: Laura Lethlean
Producer: Space Jump Theatre Company
Director: Kirsty Semaan
Set and Props Designer: Jason Lowe
Lighting Designer: Jasmin Borsovsky
Sound Designer: Charlotte Leamon
Production Assistant: Lara Kocsis
Intimacy Director: Diana Alvarado
TWO HEARTS is at the Flight Path Theatre
until 29th March 2025.
For tickets and for more information – https://flightpaththeatre.org/.
Images by Philip Erbacher.
