Janice Acquah

Another bull's-eye is hit by Alan Plater in a play which mixes black humour with social comment. The Gallery looks at the cavern that exists between the intentions of regional art curators and the people the art is meant to touch, represented by its workers, all descended from local miners and ship builders. Janice Acquah is particularly impressive as an increasingly desperate outreach worker watching as tins of anchovies explode, and the moment a cleaner hoovers up the installation, Ashes to Ashes, is also enjoyable. This is mayhem with added social comment.