Ordinary Days

Adam Gwon's piquant musical, revived here at the newly opened 65-seater London Theatre Workship in Fulham, can't choose between romanticism and cynicism. A portrait of four frustrated but ardent urbanites, whose lives entwine in New York, 'Ordinary Days' suggests that cities create fantasies they can't fulfil. The jaunty pop score brilliantly catches the high blood-pressure of up-tempo life, with lyrics providing a sprinkling of wit. The 'boutique' theatre's artistic director Ray Rackham directs the piece, with Tom Lees looking after the music.