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, 07:50 pmGreg Ross wrote:
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> 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.
No - I may have thought this too, if it wasn't for the very final image (which I won't explain for those who are yet to see it). But I believe the youth of the performers is part of the whole point - you're not meant to take their age literally.
If that was the only point, then you can hardly criticise this piece. I agree with everything else Greg wrote. Go and see it.
Cheers,
Craig
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> 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.
No - I may have thought this too, if it wasn't for the very final image (which I won't explain for those who are yet to see it). But I believe the youth of the performers is part of the whole point - you're not meant to take their age literally.
If that was the only point, then you can hardly criticise this piece. I agree with everything else Greg wrote. Go and see it.
Cheers,
Craig
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