Infinite Life is an understated study of pain and sexual desire – review
Infinite Life is a slight, subtle play – at just over 100 minutes straight through (no interval) it breezes by with seemingly not much happening.
The play is set across about 10 days: during this time we meet five women who are recuperating at a somewhat dubious health spa in California (no treatments are offered beyond relaxation, accompanied by either a water cleanse or a juice cleanse).
We learn a bit about their various ailments, alongside their backgrounds and interests. Not much else really happens, although a male character appears in a handful of scenes, resulting in some entertaining dialogue.
A co-production between the National Theatre in London and the Atlantic Theater Company in New York, Infinite Life opened Off-Broadway at the Linda Gross Theater in September and has transferred to the National Theatre this week.
