‘Outpatient’ review – Death comedy’s introspection is drowned out

‘Outpatient’ review – Death comedy’s introspection is drowned out

Harriet Madeley’s autobiographical play has its London premiere at the Park Theatre after last year’s Fringe run.

OUTPATIENT review by thespyinthestalls at Park Theatre

OUTPATIENT Park Theatre ★★★★ “achieves something incredibly rare by being so frank about something so taboo” “It’s weird that we don’t talk about it,” Olive tells us. She is referring to death and society’s taboo towards it. Olive is writing an article about this very subject and is looking for volunteers who are terminally ill to speak about their experiences. Without reservation, she does not consider this unusual and starts handing out her b…