Take three old school friends, a suitcase full of unresolved issues and a few bottles of red and you don't need Jessica Fletcher to work out what happens next. Tamsin Oglesby's three-hander, last staged in London at its Hampstead debut in 2000, is most potent as a reminder that time doesn't always heal.

Not for Bee (Gloria Sanders), at least. A successful business executive, she decides to take a break in France with longstanding friend, yummy mummy Em (Elizabeth Jackson). It's all fun, games and girlie gossip until Chris (in Emma Carver's hands a delicious cross between Alexis Colby and Samantha from 'Sex in the City') arrives. Chief playground tormentor to Bee, her arrival triggers one of those ruthless power-struggles that politicians and women in groups of three excel at, as well the resurfacing of deeply buried secrets, feelings and memories.  

Sophie Lifschutz's production, like many a social situation, finds its groove after the first bottle of wine and as the play nears its poignant climax it strikes an affecting chord.

They say that the some things are better left in the past. A very relevant concept in My Best Friend which sees three thirty something women recollect on their school days only for things to take a very dark turn.

Bee (Gloria Sanders) is an independent business woman, Em (Elizabeth Jackson) a ditzy mother of two. They have been friends since childhood and are on holiday in rural France only for their peace and quite to be disrupted by the arrival of Chris (Emma Carver), a blast from their school days past who is confident, strong and outspoken and living life like she were in Sex and The City. Inevitably they start recollecting their school days but time plays tricks with the memory, what is true and what is made up? And with some old wounds still running deep things take start taking a turn for the worse…..

There are some interesting themes in Tamsin Ogelsby's play. Themes that we are all very familiar with - the past and childhood friendships, the truth and lies - and as a result we have something that is very appealing. Things do take a while to get going but once the momentum has built what we have is a sound piece of theatre which is funny but also very poignant. The cast are all strong though maybe slightly let down by the scope of their characters none of whom are particularly likeable. It's Emma Carver who seems to have the most fun in a role that is really the centre piece of the play.