Larium, the anti-malaria drug, good for preventing the taker contracting malaria, but more often than not can lead to some extraordinarily vivid and strange dreams. This is what happens to Jon Rankin (Ian Staples), an engineer installing telecommunications equipment around the globe. Taking Larium on every stop, Jon dreams of a one-eyed temptress (Charmaine Gilbert) who he tries to sleep with but fails; “I can't even get laid in my dreams.” his best mate from Edinburgh, Seth (Colm Flynn) and his mother (Corrina Cook), both of whom are revealed to be dead. As the play progresses the audience are left wondering what is dream and what is reality as one scene slips into another.

Community drama always throws together a group with very mixed talent, where inclusion is more prized than ability, and Larium Dreams is no exception. There are some very good performances most notably from Ian Staples but this production does lack a bit of imagination. Every scene ends with a lengthy blackout while sets are changed and the dreams were too close to reality to differentiate leading to some confusion. What does work for this production is Gary Santorella and Michael P. Rekrut's script which with a bit of trimming and alteration could become very good.

Director Nikki Barnes copes well with the cast and subject matter creating an entertaining piece of theatre; it just would have been nice to see a little more inventiveness.