The Last Supper - SEE THIS SHOW
Sat, 26 Feb 2000, 10:54 amsiobhan1 post in thread
The Last Supper - SEE THIS SHOW
Sat, 26 Feb 2000, 10:54 amLast night I saw the stellar opening production of Blak Yak's 2000 season. They are definitely sticking to their charter of producing innovative shows of the non-English drama variety and, as always, they do it with style and panache, and this production in particular definitely provokes discussion and thought. It was fantastic to see publicity for this show in "The West" and also "Xpress" - well done, guys, for getting independent theatre some well deserved publicity.
The young lead actors (aged 17-21) were excellent with their accents and keeping in characters, especially when comments from the audience and resulting fits of giggles may have distracted lesser actors. It's always hard not to tell people like that "You do realise we can actually hear you up there"!
If I had to pick stand-outs from the ensemble cast (always an incredibly hard thing to do), I'd have to say that Denis Wauchope as Norman, Daniel Martin as Luke, Jarrad West as Mark and Rayanne Condy as Paulie would get my vote. As I said, an excellent job was done by everybody who stepped on stage. Hm, 13 members of the cast in such a dark comedy? Cue Twilight Zone music!
There was nothing really bad about this production. A few projection and accent probs at times but nothing worth quibbling about. The sound effects were great, but I guess the rule with those is that they should be heard and not seen! (Can't reveal more because it would spoil things).
Mega kudos should be awarded to Leah Maher in her directorial debut. She has the gift of casting and hopefully we'll see more of her work in the future. Michael McAllan gets a big round of applause for his always funky sets and stage managing, and bouquets as well to production manager Jarrod Buttery who stepped into the sound booth due to Leah's not being very well at the moment. GET WELL SOON!!
As I said, SEE THIS SHOW or kick yourself.
The young lead actors (aged 17-21) were excellent with their accents and keeping in characters, especially when comments from the audience and resulting fits of giggles may have distracted lesser actors. It's always hard not to tell people like that "You do realise we can actually hear you up there"!
If I had to pick stand-outs from the ensemble cast (always an incredibly hard thing to do), I'd have to say that Denis Wauchope as Norman, Daniel Martin as Luke, Jarrad West as Mark and Rayanne Condy as Paulie would get my vote. As I said, an excellent job was done by everybody who stepped on stage. Hm, 13 members of the cast in such a dark comedy? Cue Twilight Zone music!
There was nothing really bad about this production. A few projection and accent probs at times but nothing worth quibbling about. The sound effects were great, but I guess the rule with those is that they should be heard and not seen! (Can't reveal more because it would spoil things).
Mega kudos should be awarded to Leah Maher in her directorial debut. She has the gift of casting and hopefully we'll see more of her work in the future. Michael McAllan gets a big round of applause for his always funky sets and stage managing, and bouquets as well to production manager Jarrod Buttery who stepped into the sound booth due to Leah's not being very well at the moment. GET WELL SOON!!
As I said, SEE THIS SHOW or kick yourself.