Other than being potentially cathartic for those involved, confessional theatre has very few functions for its audience. In this piece Caroline Gold finds a very intersting key to dealing with her own demons in an entertaining way by bringing together her personal experience of the Priory Clinic and her addiction to soap operas. At least the latter would potentially serve to bond her with the similarly inclined audience members.

Appropriately groomed and with a sparkle in her eye, Natalie Haverstock rises to the challenge of playing the soap actress Beverley Beresford, currently undergoing treatment for depression. Being only superficially aware of the world of soap operas, I am not sure exactly how convincing Haverstock’s perfomance is. However, the show definitely reads like an A-Z of celebrity culture’s highs and lows.

Jenny Eclair’s perfomance in Julie Balloo’s piece from a couple of years ago comes to mind as a theatrically more accomplished and universally accessible take on this particular theme but I’m sure that on this occasion Gold almost certainly accomplishes her own objectives too.