Theatre review: Escaped Alone questions our assumptions about older women   

Caryl Churchill's play had a run at the Everyman as part of Cork Midsummer Festival 

Sorcha Cusack in Escaped Alone. Picture: Ros Kavanagh

Escaped Alone, Everyman, Cork Midsummer Festival, ★★★★☆

Escaped Alone is a short, sharp shock of a play from British playwright Caryl Churchill, one of the finest dramatists at work today. There is also a wealth of female talent deployed, both on stage and off, in this Irish premiere, staged by Hatch Theatre Company and the Everyman Theatre, in association with Once Off Productions, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival.