My final helping of the Wellington Fringe festival was charming, disarming and struck so close to home I could have sworn one or two conversations had been stolen from my own University romance. This show is touted as one "for all the cynical romantics out there." An ill-fated romance between the girl who makes snow globes and the boy who writes notes unfolds on stage, played out by each actor in turn from the first person perspective of our unnamed host. We explore the relationship and see the highs and lows, the little moments worth commemorating and the big fights you wish you could forget. We explore exactly what it means to love someone. Is it just a chemical signal in the brain telling you to fulfil that instinctive need to protect the species? Or is it something more? I really enjoyed the dialogue because it was written in a simple way that enabled us to really look for those deeper meanings the cast were pointing us to but without the need for overly dramatic or em
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