Life is sometimes complicated

Cambridge Repertory Society’s latest production promises to make you think.

It’s called Blind Eye and is written by New Zealand playwright April Phillips, whose comedies Stiff and Death and Taxes have been staged at Gaslight Theatre in Cambridge in recent times.

Blind Eye is a change of pace for Phillips though. It’s a drama which focuses on a retired couple who have kept to themselves.

Wally is an ex-brickie who calls a spade a spade and has a clear opinion of what’s wrong with the world right now.

Vera is a homebody, born blind and showing early signs of dementia, but blessed with a vivid and colourful imagination.

An assault on the old man brings strangers into their lives – a district nurse and a police sergeant – who start to realise that things aren’t quite as they seem.

They soon find that not everything is necessarily black and white, or simple.

The play’s director, Mike Williams, said the story is meant to prick at your conscience.

‘‘We often assume we know exactly how things are,’’ he said. ‘‘But every now and then, a story will come along that reminds us that life is sometimes more complicated, and making judgement calls then becomes very tricky indeed.’’

Williams said it’s a powerful story, with extremely well drawn characters and ‘‘I doubt anyone will leave the theatre without being affected in some way by it’’.

will run at Gaslight Theatre from Saturday, June 9 and until Saturday, June 23. Bookings are at Paper Plus Cambridge or on line at eventfinda.co.nz.