The List  
Mererid Williams
15-22 August 2002, Issue 448

Dubbed as Australia's most exciting young playwright, Vanessa Badham's work wouldn't look out of place on the British stage 50 years ago when couples were quibbling over kitchen sinks fighting for the upper hand. In this case a domestically useless, but ambitious career woman and her jobless husband go to surreal lengths to gain one-upmanship, with a few laughs along the way for their comic, if not disturbing efforts.

Loud and brash, both script and performances could benefit from being subtler, enabling the black to be blacker and the wit to be sharper, especially when mixing such a high level of realism with a touch of absurdism. Entertaining nonetheless.