Each of us is in the process of becoming.
And that’s glorious.
And frightening.
So we attempt to define ourselves; to have something, in all the flux, to hold on to.
But, in our definitions, we tend to look backwards. We base who we are on who we’ve been.
And we were born male or female. In all the confusion of life, that’s one certainty. To be held tight.
Photo by Pat Carter
But, of course, it’s not. We are all both woman and man. In each of us is all of us.
Life is the tussle between certainty and potential, between security and possibility. Yesterday’s claims fight Tomorrow’s hopes, forever in the battlefield of Today.
Into the Mirror tells the story of a woman transitioning to a man. Shelly Wall’s script is thought provoking and sensitively explores this courageous choice.
Wall directs, drawing strong work from her cast. Penny Day as Kendall in the process of transitioning captures a fragile confidence. Helen Stuart and Amber Robinson give beautifully nuanced performances.
In this tale it is Kendall’s daughter who struggles most with her mother’s choice. Why won’t people just stay in the boxes we put them in? Oh, they will. One day. And we’ll desperately wish it otherwise. For only the living are maddeningly irrepressible.
This production is a beautiful plea for acceptance. For a truly open society, it’s theatre we need to have.
Veronica Kaye
Into the Mirror
King Street Theatre until 16 Dec
Theatre Red 
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