Come and see the worst play ever!

Come and see for yourself! Ron Banks The West Australian Wed 26 Sept 2007 re: Flatland The critic rants: “The worst play I’ve have ever seen…” “Dire. Appalling. Witless. Stupidly offensive…” “…psychological insight gets lost in the screaming, the gruesome, grisly bits…” “If Equity ever wants to give an award for Really Bad Play, this dire effort would win hands down.” Sept 19 to Oct 6 (Tues-Sat) 7pm (preview: Tues 18 Sept) Venue: The Blue Room Studio, 53 James St, Northbridge Cost: Full $20 / Conc. $15. Blue Room Members: $18 / $12 Contact details: Bookings: 9227 7005 / www.pacs.org.au

I read the review. Pretty savage =0( It's a stark contrast to Gordon's one anyway.

Ron Banks - a man of questionable theatre knowledge. I recall him describing the musical "Nine" as Australian.

Many years ago I observed from the bio box, Mr Banks sleeping soundly through three quarters of a show. He then wrote an in depth review of it. I have not taken him seriously since!

Must have been those chooks Vanessa!

I'm sure that review will account for more bums on seats than a good one.

No publicity is bad publicity! Gordon's review also sounded very positive! Hope all is going well for the season. Sean ____________________________________________________________ Currently working on: A nice break before jumping into my next project.

Thanks, Sean. Here is a different review from Xpress: Xpress Magazine 27.09.07 Nathan Scolaro “Caroline Gopalkrishnan and Shirley Van Sanden have written a brutally honest script…” “Flatland is an intriguing piece of theatre.” “If Cheek’s intent was to leave the audience shaken-up and susceptible to ghastly nightmares, then my hat goes off to the man: I was scared to go to sleep.” “Judd’s eerie “meeeeoooow” and tormenting stutter had the entire audience perched on the edge of their seats. And Lee’s creepy gestures and facial expressions were enough to make your stomach turn 360 degrees.” “The set design by Nick Yaksich was simple, yet effective.” “The intimate set mirrored one of the plays key issues: how close should you get to the people who live inches away? Let’s just say the question was well and truly answered by the end of the show.” “Flatland will not appeal to everyone. It’s dark, it’s provocative and it’s straight out creepy. But it does carry an important message about public and private space.”

Nathan Scolaro also wrote: "Unfortunately the tension-breaking scenes weren't executed as effectively as they could have been. The cast needed to inject more light and shade into their performance... portrayal of Ella was particularly one-dimensional and a little over the top."

It really sounds like a very interesting show...especially if people can't sleep after it! I would be interested in seeing it. Not only because I can't sleep at the moment anyway! Sounds very interesting. ____________________________________________________________ Currently working on: A nice break before jumping into my next project.