"Once Upon A Bridge" by Sonya Kelly.

Nottingham Lace Market Theatre.

This play was inspired by a real incident: in 2017, a jogger, racing across the city and up the corporate ladder, pushed a woman, an Irish barrister heading for a prominent career, into the path of an oncoming bus on Putney Bridge in London. After the push, the jogger kept running and didn’t look back. The quick-thinking bus driver managed to swerve and narrowly avoid the woman. CCTV footage of the incident was released at the time, but the jogger was never found.

"Once Upon A Bridge" unravels a life-changing moment and its aftermath through three completely different perspectives, building up to an exciting and shocking climax where tensions collide with human decency, and highlights how a split-second decision can alter a life forever.

An added bonus to this production is a short film, just before the play itself, shows the original shocking footage plus gives a background to the incident and also shows sections of the newsreel that reported the incident, also confirming that the jogger never came forward after the event.

The three characters involved in the play are known only as The Woman, The Man and The Bus Driver.

The Woman is played by Clare Moss. The Man is played by Luke Willis. The Bus Driver is played by Gurmej Virk.

Most people know that I love accents and between the three actors, they present a plethora of accents as they tell of other characters that intertwine their lives at this time, as well as the characters own accents.

All three actors give us background to their characters via monologues, enabling us to paint picture in our minds. They also give us their version of the events, where they were heading, what was on their minds and how that push affected their lives after the event. Obviously because The Man never came forward and The Woman did not want her name to be disclosed, what is shown in the play is all from the mind and the pen of the writer.

From start to finish this is a play that tells a story, and makes you wonder what happened to all three of the people involved. It is a definite conversation starter and you'll leave the theatre discussing what you've seen and heard.

Directed by Beverley Anthony, "Once Upon A Bridge" is performed in the upstairs performance area. For anyone who's seen a play upstairs will be pleasantly surprised at the seating layout this time around. It looked like there may be more seating space the way that it was arranged for the play, which is good news as every show is sold out; something that is becoming quite the norm of late. Possibly as more people are discovering the Lace Market Theatre and the range of theatre they offer.

Lighting design by David Billen and sound design by Phillip Hogarth. Both executed timely with the lighting spotlighting the character the story is focused on, at that time. The sound design again is operated timely with sound effects and music inserts helping to bring the play even more colour.

Matthew Allcock's projection design also adds to the story visually.

The play is a one act play, with just a short interval between the short docufilm and the main event, and coming in at about ninety minutes. A ninety minute cerebral and visual treat.

"Once Upon A Bridge" is at the Nottingham Lace Market Theatre until Saturday 3 February, but you may have to add your name to the returns list as currently all shows are sold out.