Even with the Old Vic Tunnels long gone there seems no end to the amount of railway
arches under Waterloo Station being used as theatres. The network of performance
spaces known as The Vaults have colonised another tunnel down the road, now
confusingly christened The Vault Theatre, and a dingy kind of space is apt for Mark
Healey's adaptation of John Fowles'
The Collector. The setting is a large
basement kitted out in mismatched old furniture, the cellar of a remote 17th century
farmhouse bought by Frederick Clegg (Daniel Portman) after winning millions in the
lottery. Working class, poorly educated and socially awkward, the money has opened
up possibilities for him, but he's gone straight for the darkest possible
interpretation of this: He's been obsessed with art student Miranda Grey (Lily
Loveless) for months, and can now collect her.
