Friday, 8 April 2011
Clockwork Orange
Moments of inventiveness and entertaining acting, although these were very few and far between. The piece lacked fulidity, clarity and for a script as incredible as the clockwork orange this piece was an epic fail.
Under Milkwood
A thoroughly enjoyable couple of hours. the vocal prowess displayed by the two voice actors throughout was mesmerising and highly engaging as were the vast array of tales they told. the lyricism of dylan thomas's writing was portrayed perfectly and the introduction of polly the sound effects artist created hilarious moments, as did the subplot of her emotional breakdown. a definite must see, really great entertainment
Lear: A Trail of Tears
The arrangement of this piece was wrong, the movement of the play into civil war america was durastically wrong. However the actor playing Lear was remarkable to the point that his performance overshadowed other actors and exposed the frailties amongst the play.
Monologue and Landscape
two enjoyable pieces with excellent moments. however these moments were sadly too few and far between. the actress in the second piece 'landscape' was horrendously boring and nearly ruined the piece for me, shame on you maggie henderson.
Avenue Q
I wish i had these puppets instead of the muppets when i was younger, i would be the ultimate unpolitically correct person ever! Smashing taboos whilst celebrating the wonderful term 'schadenfreude', avenue q really is a must see
Friday, 21 January 2011
Merry Wives Of Windsor
I thoroughly enjoyed this show, the playful nature displayed by the cast kept a smile fixed firmly on my gormless face for the plays entirity. Doctor Cauis in particular was hilarious with his euphemistic language and flamboyance, whilst the live music by the tudor band gave me the play authenticity and credibility. My only criticism of the play was Gerard McCarthy as Fenton, his foppish attitude and incessant adjusting of his ridiculous fringe was incredibly annoying.
Urashimo Taro after show talk
The after show talk was helpful as it opened my my mind to the amount of workshopping a piece undertakes before actress and director both consider it a final product, in the case of this performance it was three years. The talk also confirmed questions i had regarding plot and dramatical intentions for the piece and helped me fully appreciate what i had just seen.
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