Monday, March 17, 2025

Mustard review – stinging tale of love, revenge and condiment addiction

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A young woman takes an unusually sticky route to recovery in Eva O’Connor’s solo story about obsession and heartbreak

The mustard gathers in a globule on Eva O’Connor’s chin and drips to the floor. She scoops up another handful and lumps it back on to her skin. Starting its life as a long poem and developing into an hour-long monologue, O’Connor’s intense, condiment-fuelled show tells a story of heartbreak and obsession, with most of the production budget spent in the supermarket.

In burgundy sweats, O’Connor holds Tesco shopping bags filled with glass jars. She plays E, a young Irish woman lost in London, falling in love with unsympathetic men who stamp on her sense of self-worth.

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