←Recommendations of Clasp

What a powerful examination of the personal cost of isolation. This play incisively captures the zeitgeist of our recent past through two compelling characters facing a difficult situation and a vital choice.

Love in the time of covid. Reminds me a lot about all the dating days when I first started out and AIDS was still taking its toll on the gay world and you'd meet up with someone and think, does he have it? Do I have it and not know it? Clasp is so very real and and tugs at your heart so very hard. Malone's play states that social distancing is not going to be a forever thing and his play makes us glad that that is the case.

Wow... Provocative, timely, this play projects something that humanity is collectively feeling during this unique time in our history and hits that emotion home hard.

CLASP is a superbly structured play and such an amazing time capsule that will have relevance and importance into the future. Toby Malone captures the nuance of the encounter incredibly well and provides so much for actors to discover, too. And the ending is both gratifying and unique, making this a wonderful standalone piece as well as providing enough to imagine how it continues once the play ends.

This play is so beautiful and so visceral. The perfect encapsulation of what we've all been feeling in the year 2020-2021 and the things we never knew we longed for. It's a short read but oh so worth it: it gave me goosebumps.

A very relevant and emotional piece. You can sympathise with both characters and I love the way that something as simple as physical contact has been made so beautiful. I believe in the aftermath of Covid-19 we may see lots of plays about the various subjects surrounding Covid but I think this is a lovely piece that digs to the very centre of what Covid has spoiled for us all. Well done Toby.

The need for human physical touch is conveyed with unexpected emotional recall through a simple hug, as is these characters had completely forgotten what it felt like to connect in this way after only a six month isolation. The irony of seeing this play virtually must add a poignancy to this exchange that we can all relate to on some level. Seeing it in person with living, breathing actors would be a revelation.

This is such an emotional and necessary piece. Toby Malone absolutely nails the isolation and longing for human connection that most of us have been feeling in this past year.

The power of human connection is never better shown than here, in Toby Malone's 10 minute look at the ways human beings need each other. Seeing someone and hearing their words can pale with the almost frightening sensation of a simple touch. In these restricted times of ours, this becomes all-too-evident, and the two characters shown here are nearly overwhelmed after a hug. Wonderfully written, this is a timely play for 2020 and really, it should be for all time.

A very timely, touching, and powerful piece! An excellent read!