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What happens when love doesn't add up

Paul MacMillan is a Doctor of Chaos Theory.
Specialist subject: storm patterns. But with his
itinerant musician brother living on his sofa and
his girlfriend Emma pushing for a new future,
prediction is proving increasingly difficult. Then
the arrival of Zainab, a new PhD student, catapults
Paul's world into real chaos.

London run Reviews

"A poignant and tender story... as funny as it was moving."
- The Sunday Times

"Smart, diverting little family drama laced with sexual politics... a balance between brittle humour and broody thoughtfulness."
- The Times

"Brims with vitality and acuity, resulting in a pleasing and pertinent play about the nature of rivalry and relationships."
- The Stage

"A funny, sharp and often moving play by Kefi Chadwick, directed with great pace and energy by Donnacadh O'Briain... It was full of pace, fun and with some nice twists and turns that made the 90 minutes (without interval) seem to fly by. Highly recommended."
- The Stage Won

"Kefi Chadwick's finely written play."
- The Arts Desk

"Chadwick understands what can make good, dynamic theatre."
- Notes from the Underground

"Mathematics of the Heart is a beautifully written piece, poignant, observant and emotionally engaging."
- Entertainment Focus

"Completely engaging... genuinely on the edge of my seat."
- One Stop Arts

"It would be a pity to miss anything about this well crafted, accessible and appealingly modest play."
- London Magazine

AWARDS

Winner of the 2011 Brighton Fringe Festival / New Writing South Best New Play.

Winner of an Argus Angel for Oustanding Show.

Brighton run Reviews

"The pace is pitch perfect - witty and quick, and poignant and slow by turns - making the whole show glide mellifluously by. The audience loved it. Award-winning playwright Kefi Chadwick's new work is an exercise in masterpiece theatre, expertly directed by Donnacadh O'Briain. I wouldn't be surprised to see this make the West End in the near future."
- Fringe Review   ~ 5 stars
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"Very funny, very poignant, and with real feeling and depth, all the actors excelled, creating new and meaningful twists and turns on this age-old study of faltering and then redeemed relationships."
- The Latest   ~ 5 stars
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"The four actors were outstanding, adding depth and layers to their very different and believable characters."
- The Argus   ~ Argus Angel for Outstanding Show
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"An engaging and tender look into how chaos often comes from the most well ordered of states and how if you sow the wind, you must always reap the whirlwind."
- G scene
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Interview with the New Writing South Winners 2011. Winner for best new play went to Kefi Chadwick.
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Praise for previous work

Below Zero written by Kefi Chadwick
"Wonderful... due to Kefi Chadwick's brilliant script"
- Basingstoke Gazette

The Early Bird directed by Donnacadh O'Briain
"A fiercely coherent production..."
- Michael Billington, The Guardian

Cregan, a short film by Kefi Chadwick: watch now

Punchbag was a writing project with women in refuges and outreaches in Southampton and Basingstoke, in association with Proteus theatre company. Kefi Chadwick worked with the women to create pieces of text about their experiences that were then turned into a public art event: preview or buy the Punchbag book. Watch the documentary.