4 Stars Boyz Magazine - Joseph Cattell

"Philip Ridley's fifth adult play, Mercury Fur, which is currently being revived by Theatre Delicatessen in an abandoned schoolhouse, is a punishing and poetic one-act play set in a bleak, post-apocalyptic wasteland.

"Angry, bullying Elliot (Matt Granados) and his softer, needier brother Darren (Chris Urch) are preparing a derelict room for a party when an ebullient neighbour (Mikey Bharj) comes looking for company.

"Partygoers slowly arrive. There's the vicious and domineering Spinx, who boils with a fierce loyalty and cruelty, his lover, a blind Duchess, and a tender and frightened transvestite, Lola, who has come to dress up a guest, known only as Party Piece, as Elvis Presley. We have no ideas why until the grotesque Party Guest – who is paying for some human blood sport – enters.

"As with Philip Ridley's other plays, Mercury Fur is set in a fantastical and hopeless vision of London, where intoxicating dialogue about eating drug-inducing butterflies eventually gives way to an unbearably tense and violent climax. Performed by a universally impressive cast, this is a pungent and disturbing event from a promising theatre company."

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