Posted by Matt on 27 August, 2010 · Leave a Comment
If the intention of 101 is to push us to define our own boundaries, it doesn’t really push hard enough; everything’s well within the tolerance of a typical Fringe audience. But it seems more likely the intention is to give people the power to opt out, then show them that they don’t need to use it, even when doing things that might be a little way outside their normal theatre comfort zone.
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Posted by Matt on 23 August, 2010 · 2 Comments
Threshold relinquishes but one piece of advice willingly: that some secrets are best kept locked away.
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Posted by Matt on 23 August, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Impressive piece of verbatim theatre exploring the modern media.
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Posted by Matt on 25 June, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Hey you! The people! Listen up! This is a revolution, and in the absence of any clearly defined goals for change, this is our manifesto.
Posted by Matt on 6 March, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Poof Downstairs hinges on a metatheatrical conceit and cannot be effectively reviewed unless said conceit is revealed – regrettably deadening future audiences’ feelings of whimsical bafflement, but that’s theatre criticism for you.
Posted by Matt on 3 February, 2010 · Leave a Comment
An original member of La Clique, Martinez exists in the borderlands between stand-up comedy, burlesque dance, stage magic and performance art. Similarly, My Stories, Your Emails is a lecture, a stand-up act, a play, a confession and an autobiography while simultaneously being none of these things.
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Posted by Matt on 14 December, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Two one-act plays back to back don’t usually make a successful two-act play. Right? Which suggests it’s probably no coincidence that Stefan Golaszewski Speaks About A Girl He Once Loved and Stefan Golaszewski Is A Widower work so well as a double bill; it seems likely they were always meant to be performed together.
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Posted by Matt on 21 November, 2009 · 1 Comment
Viewed in context, HALL is a necessary step in the evolution of audio-instructed performance to a form capable of telling big, sprawling stories as well as brief, compact ones.
Posted by Matt on 22 August, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Unlike Precarious’ masterpiece The Factory, anomie – which follows six social misfits living in the same apartment building – lacks strong thematic justification for its technical wizardry, so while the integration of screen and performer is an undeniable triumph of pinpoint timing and rehearsal, it can also feel like a gimmick, style divorced from content.
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