Honeymoon

You can get away with anything in musical theatre. That explains how Honeymoon can begin with two women, Charlotte and Sophie, sitting in their wedding dresses having just fled the altar – then, a couple of minutes and a song later, show them prancing about in their underwear in a bout of choreographed 'wrestling,' having decided to cut all ties with their former life.

Charlotte and Sophie spend most of the play rationalising their actions in Charlotte's honeymoon suite, gradually becoming more and more excited at the prospect of a life without a domineering male presence.

This growing excitement is reflected in their movements, as they use the whole stage to act out their fantasy through dance and song. Some of this seems superfluous, particularly in the less dramatic sections, and the constant movement sometimes distracts from what is being said. It's also used constructively, however, as in the short scene in which a man and a women's underwear meet in a drawer.

The play takes a darker turn in the final scenes, and the rather overwrought ending jars slightly with what has preceded it. Still, this is a charming and likeable story that mostly gets the tone just right.