****Dreams of Violence isn't really about the dreams Hildy has about throwing her mum down the stairs, though with the way her family get on – or fail to – those dreams are understandable. When Hildy's family telling her they love her worries her more than being held at knifepoint by her own druggie son, you know Stella Feehily's new family tragicomedy has the family side spot-on. Alongside that is Hildy's campaign for the rights of cleaners and the downtrodden. The cleaners are angry at the banker colleagues – but Feehily makes a good case for the bankers' defence, which suddenly makes the whole recession thing a big grey area. That recession mirrors the breaking down of family makes this a clever, witty critique of modern society.
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