The Proof

The Bermuda Festival is in full swing at the moment and last night we went with some friends to see the play The Proof at the City Hall in Hamilton.

The play tells of a brilliant but mentally disturbed genius mathmatican’s daughter (Catherine) who has sacrificed her own potential to take care of her father. One of her father’s (Robert) former students (Hal) comes to visit in an effort to further prove his mentor’s wisdom and then falls in love with with the very introspective Catherine, who has her own discovery.

The play was performed by the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, America’s oldest founded in 1809. There was also a movie starring Anthony Hopkins and Gwyneth Paltrow made based on the Pulitzer Prize play by David Auburn, although I remember it being a lot different.

It was an enjoyable evening and the piquant storyline in equal measures was both simplistic and funny. Last night Alex Keiper who played Catherine was excellent and the play being based in Chicago, for me, was a nice little added bonus. Worth seeing although the tour now moves onto the east coast of the US.