Company Three’s The Act is just brilliant. The end. When a play is so wonderfully creative, interesting, funny and self-aware, it can feel a little trivial to even comment. The performances put in by every single member of the cast were unique, honest, hilarious and so perfectly sincere. The Act is a performance piece about teenage sex. But that doesn’t even scratch the surface of the play, let alone describe the whole production in all its wonderfulness. A cast of sixteen artists, all … [Read more...]
Review of 5 Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist
YesYesNoNo’s 5 Encounters On A Site Called Craigslist is about, 5 encounters on a... yes. And this is very much the tone of the show - unusual, quirky, but kind of what you might expect. Sam Ward is the sole performer in this part comedy, part real-life storytelling, part just-a-good-time play about meeting men for sex, via Craigslist. He tells each of these encounters by using one member of the audience per story, who take on the role of that particular man. There is no pretence of … [Read more...]
Review of Soldier On by Jonathan Lewis at the Playground Theatre
Written and directed by Jonathan Lewis and starring a mixture of ex-army and actors, Soldier On is about confronting the past and simultaneously leaving it behind. Many soldiers leave the army with anxieties, PTSD and other stress and trauma-related problems: Soldier On is continuing the conversation about dealing with the terrible things service men and women go through. The story follows Hari (played excellently by David Solomon), an old actor from the 80s, as he attempts to put on a play … [Read more...]