Theatre review: Outside In

JAY is a timid lad who lives with his mum, and doesn’t go out much; not even to tackle the downstairs neighbour about the continuous meowing of his unhappy cat, or to buy a much-needed pint of milk. This quiet life takes a dramatic turn, though, when someone shoves a gun through Jay’s letterbox while his Mum is out working a late shift at Tesco; and the gun is followed in short order by Coco – a young amateur criminal put in charge of the shooter by some more serious local thugs – and by Coco’s favourite police officer, Kayleigh, who has been monitoring his antisocial behaviour for some time, but is now about to quit the force in a fit of existential despair.