SKIN TIGHT - Perth Theatre Co
Fri, 21 Mar 2003, 07:00 pmcrgwllms6 posts in thread
SKIN TIGHT - Perth Theatre Co
Fri, 21 Mar 2003, 07:00 pmI highly recommend this show.
I saw the first preview performance last night at PICA, and I found it a riveting production. Just the first fight scene made it worth the admission: the choreography is impeccable and beautifully realised. This sets the tone for the rest of the play, which delivers every scene with as much intensity and emotion.
Every aspect of the production - design (Zoe Atkinson), lighting (Graham Walne), music (Chris Ward), choreography (Sete Tele & Rob Griffin), and direction (Alan Becher) - was eloquent and evocative.
The script is tantalising, highly poetic and emotive, revealing the innermost intimate thoughts within a relationship with supurb clarity and insight.
And the performers, Karen Roberts and Stuart Halusz, handle the text and the extraordinary movement demands with an absolute grace. Their didplays of simultaneous strength and vulnerability conveyed a myriad of emotions with remarkable sensitivity, passion and honesty.
Yes, there is male and female full nudity. Yet this production defies previous arguments about gratuitous distraction and titilation. I found the (fully clothed) movement and character-play to be wonderfully sexy, emotionally-charged and erotic, with a raw intimacy that was just thrilling to watch. And by the time the nude scene was played, there just seemed to be no other way to play it - it wasn't token, it wasn't sensationalist, it wasn't bawdy or erotic - it was beautiful and touching. You felt privileged to be a witness to such a private, human moment.
Wonderful.
Cheers,
Craig
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I saw the first preview performance last night at PICA, and I found it a riveting production. Just the first fight scene made it worth the admission: the choreography is impeccable and beautifully realised. This sets the tone for the rest of the play, which delivers every scene with as much intensity and emotion.
Every aspect of the production - design (Zoe Atkinson), lighting (Graham Walne), music (Chris Ward), choreography (Sete Tele & Rob Griffin), and direction (Alan Becher) - was eloquent and evocative.
The script is tantalising, highly poetic and emotive, revealing the innermost intimate thoughts within a relationship with supurb clarity and insight.
And the performers, Karen Roberts and Stuart Halusz, handle the text and the extraordinary movement demands with an absolute grace. Their didplays of simultaneous strength and vulnerability conveyed a myriad of emotions with remarkable sensitivity, passion and honesty.
Yes, there is male and female full nudity. Yet this production defies previous arguments about gratuitous distraction and titilation. I found the (fully clothed) movement and character-play to be wonderfully sexy, emotionally-charged and erotic, with a raw intimacy that was just thrilling to watch. And by the time the nude scene was played, there just seemed to be no other way to play it - it wasn't token, it wasn't sensationalist, it wasn't bawdy or erotic - it was beautiful and touching. You felt privileged to be a witness to such a private, human moment.
Wonderful.
Cheers,
Craig
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Re: SKIN TIGHT - Perth Theatre Co
Sat, 22 Mar 2003, 06:07 amSkin Tight should not be missed. It is a beautifully crafted poignant salute to the bonds of love and hate and lust and shared experience, that are the mortar of long term intimacy and trust between two people.
Minimalist is much too effete a description for a very, very clever, non distracting set. The acting is wonderful, my only criticism (and it is not of the actors and their superb performance), is that they are both far too young – the script jars with their visual presence.
As someone who has experience with the underlying story, I found Skin Tight profoundly moving. Congratulations to Alan Becher, Stuart Halusz and Karen Roberts for the magic and your craft. Along the way, you have soared past the staged vaudeville of “The Blue Room” and quietly proven this work from Gary Anderson to be the real thing.
Minimalist is much too effete a description for a very, very clever, non distracting set. The acting is wonderful, my only criticism (and it is not of the actors and their superb performance), is that they are both far too young – the script jars with their visual presence.
As someone who has experience with the underlying story, I found Skin Tight profoundly moving. Congratulations to Alan Becher, Stuart Halusz and Karen Roberts for the magic and your craft. Along the way, you have soared past the staged vaudeville of “The Blue Room” and quietly proven this work from Gary Anderson to be the real thing.