"Cake" cleverly weaves together humor and grief; it is funny while still tackling heavy subjects beautifully and delicately.

At the beginning of this piece we think the two clowns we meet are the stereotypical oafs we all went to school with, as they are covered in frosting and handcuffed. There is so much more to this piece than that-talk of depression and death. Funny and sad, but ultimately hopeful.

So right from the tagline I needed to read this play and that theme kept going as I read. You are presented with two characters in a police station covered in frosting and then, as an audience you are invited to question and then discover what led to these events. The three characters have lovely connecting moments of dialogue both in heart-wrenching and humorous moments. An audience will be drawn into this play because they, like I, will want to know what happened to start and bond with the wonderful characters throughout, for me a perfect construction!