Theatre: Secrets and lies proliferate in a fresh new Irish offering

From Eden

By Stephen Jones; directed by Karl Shiels

Bewley’s Café Theatre, Dublin

Until January 28

Rating:****

‘Everyone has a deep, dark secret,” Eva teases, as she and Alan, strangers who find themselves locked in a loo together on New Year’s Eve, begin to open up to each other.

From the moment we meet them in From Eden, a compact play by Stephen Jones, it is clear that the pair of them are ...