PLAYING SINATRA
Tue, 24 Apr 2001, 04:39 amWalter Plinge4 posts in thread
PLAYING SINATRA
Tue, 24 Apr 2001, 04:39 amThere are times when every aspect of a production comes together in just the right way. "Playing Sinatra" has done just that!
Superlatives like "Gripping", "Riveting", "Tense" and phrases like "This is a must-see show" , "Superb acting" and "Possibly the best play I've seen this year" from our first 2 nights have initiated the addition of an extra public performance on Sunday May 6th at 7pm ($17 inc Fish and Chip Supper).
This will give everyone an extra opportunity to see it.
In case anyone is just using the email and can't get into the 'What's On", remaining dates are:
Fri 27th, Sat 28th April
Fri 4th, Sat 5th, Sun 6th, Wed 9th, Fri 11th, Sat 12th May
Ticket Prices:
$13 Wed/Fri; $9 conc.; $17 Sat (inc Fish and Chips)
Tickets - Phone Nightingales Pharmacy - 9293 2621
Superlatives like "Gripping", "Riveting", "Tense" and phrases like "This is a must-see show" , "Superb acting" and "Possibly the best play I've seen this year" from our first 2 nights have initiated the addition of an extra public performance on Sunday May 6th at 7pm ($17 inc Fish and Chip Supper).
This will give everyone an extra opportunity to see it.
In case anyone is just using the email and can't get into the 'What's On", remaining dates are:
Fri 27th, Sat 28th April
Fri 4th, Sat 5th, Sun 6th, Wed 9th, Fri 11th, Sat 12th May
Ticket Prices:
$13 Wed/Fri; $9 conc.; $17 Sat (inc Fish and Chips)
Tickets - Phone Nightingales Pharmacy - 9293 2621
PLAYING SINATRA- played to the hilt
Sat, 28 Apr 2001, 12:34 amWalter Plinge
It is refreshing to see clubs attempt plays that not only test the mettle of their casts, but also those of their audiences. In their perceptive choice of Bernard Kops' "Playing Sinatra", KADS have demonstrated a willingness to push the experince of their audiences beyond the all-too-often profferred "Whoops, Where Are My Pants?" or that evergreen favourite "Two Women Arguing Shrilly".
Jarrod's post gives you synopsis- check it out. Suffice it to say this production has lived up to its publicity- it is indeed exceptional. A taut script handled treated with restraint from director Michael Taylor is performed with relish by its cast.
Ben Sorgiovanni's performance as the simple yet threatening Norman is quite simply extraordinary. Here is an actor destined for great things- every nuance of Norman's instability was explored GRACEFULLY- a lesser actor would have given a ham-fisted reading. Sorgiovanni plays Norman with verve, humour, charisma, passion and compassion, and the end result is mesmeric and unmissable. Ben- you BASTARD!!! :-)
Equally rivetting is Sandra, played beautifully by Lucy Eyres. Giving a perfectly measured performance, from the slightly unhinged and somewhat dowdy sister of the effervescent Norman, to the determined and world-worn woman that leaves the stage in Act 2, Lucy gives a performance that rings true in practically every instance.
Faced with the task of playing the World's Most (Apparently) Boring Man, Chris Thomas, performing as the role of Phillip, is a trifle forced in his delivery. Whilst the siblings are utterly believable at all times, Chris seemed somewhat uncomfortable in a role which was the meat in the sibling sandwich. However the role is not written as a showstopper- unlike the role of Norman.
Lights, and particularly sound - hats off to David Newland for making the music appear to come out of where the stereo was onstage, as opposed to through the FOH speakers!! YOU DA MAN!!!- were well managed on this Friday night, and I couldn't notice any glitches in any respect.
Thank you to Michael Taylor, his cast and crew, and to KADS- for giving us a standard of show we don't often see, let alone executed at this calibre.
Eliot
There y'are Jarrod. How's THAT for a review?
Jarrod's post gives you synopsis- check it out. Suffice it to say this production has lived up to its publicity- it is indeed exceptional. A taut script handled treated with restraint from director Michael Taylor is performed with relish by its cast.
Ben Sorgiovanni's performance as the simple yet threatening Norman is quite simply extraordinary. Here is an actor destined for great things- every nuance of Norman's instability was explored GRACEFULLY- a lesser actor would have given a ham-fisted reading. Sorgiovanni plays Norman with verve, humour, charisma, passion and compassion, and the end result is mesmeric and unmissable. Ben- you BASTARD!!! :-)
Equally rivetting is Sandra, played beautifully by Lucy Eyres. Giving a perfectly measured performance, from the slightly unhinged and somewhat dowdy sister of the effervescent Norman, to the determined and world-worn woman that leaves the stage in Act 2, Lucy gives a performance that rings true in practically every instance.
Faced with the task of playing the World's Most (Apparently) Boring Man, Chris Thomas, performing as the role of Phillip, is a trifle forced in his delivery. Whilst the siblings are utterly believable at all times, Chris seemed somewhat uncomfortable in a role which was the meat in the sibling sandwich. However the role is not written as a showstopper- unlike the role of Norman.
Lights, and particularly sound - hats off to David Newland for making the music appear to come out of where the stereo was onstage, as opposed to through the FOH speakers!! YOU DA MAN!!!- were well managed on this Friday night, and I couldn't notice any glitches in any respect.
Thank you to Michael Taylor, his cast and crew, and to KADS- for giving us a standard of show we don't often see, let alone executed at this calibre.
Eliot
There y'are Jarrod. How's THAT for a review?