Tunnelvision

Tunnelvision is a theatrical/cinematic experience performed by the Third Degree Burns Unit at the FTI Building in Fremantle. The "play" breaks many rules of modern theatre, while creating a few of its own at the same time. Starring Patrick Spicer, Cheryl Greenough and Agnes Powell the performance tends to lean towards more of a political satire/ soap opera than anything else, which proves to be a highly entertaining evening, marked in particular by Spicer and Greenough. The play centers around the successful job application of Julian (Powell) to a security company which may or may not be a fake, and finds himself caught in the intricate web(s) of Ralph (Spicer) and Martha (Greenough). The sexual innuendo is entertaining, as is the "gay love scene", which Spicer and "boyfriend" play out on a large screen for the audience, providing many "shocked" laughs. Playing camply with the issues of surviellance and social politics, I found Tunnelvision to be highy rewarding experience, let down only partly by perhaps the technology which its seems to rely to a certain degree on. That aside, I heard in the bar afterwards that the dialogue is mainly improvisation, which, given the "on-the-dime" feel of the show, is very impressive. Definitely worth a look.