In an effective and almost uncomfortably naturalistic style, Horse Trade's revival of Ecstasy depicts an evening of drunken revelry and reminiscing passing by in real time. One of the early works by the great British dramatist Mike Leigh, the play vividly captures the emptiness and despair hidden just beneath a seemingly typical night of drinking for petrol station worker Jean and her three working class friends in 1979 London. The cast brings the characters to life compellingly, taking a very specific time and place and making it universal. The result is a quietly devastating portrait of a generation quickly losing hope.