Gala Gordon recommends 'People, Places & Things'Trafalgar Theatre I distinctly remember the overwhelming feeling I had eight years ago, as I sat in the audience of the Wyndham’s theatre in awe of Denise Gough: I was breathless, sucker-punched by her dynamic performance as Emma, an actor with alcohol and drug problems, in People, Places & Things. At the time, I was an aspiring actress, and returned to see the playwright Duncan Macmillan’s masterpiece another two times.