THE MEN
Sun, 24 Aug 2003, 10:16 pmWalter Plinge5 posts in thread
THE MEN
Sun, 24 Aug 2003, 10:16 pmI saw this show at the SunMoon Function Room Scarborough last Friday night. I was deeply moved.
This is a somewhat static play - hardly any dialogue either - more a series of interconnected monologues really. Not vagina monologues though.
Chris Dickins' (any relation to Barry?) clever and colourful script came vividly to life under the direction of the multi-talented Grant Malcolm and through the artistry of four ordinary Aussie blokes. For this particular venue, the light and sound was very adequate and the costumes, while putting one in mind of the Wiggles gone pastel, were fabulous.
I defy any of you who call youselves baby-boomers to see this play and NOT identify with at least half a dozen of the images portrayed in it. As to relevance to our everyday lives, it is a 'must-see' for any man between the ages of 35 and 65, anyone who loves or hates such a man or anyone who likes plays where you can laugh and cry, sometimes both at once.
I understand this MensWork/Drinking Lizard production can be seen at various venues around town beginning Sunday 31 August as part of Men's Health Week. No doubt it will be heavily plugged elsewhere on this site. Well done, Grant, stage and house hands and MEN.
Thou dissembling common-kissing dewberry!
This is a somewhat static play - hardly any dialogue either - more a series of interconnected monologues really. Not vagina monologues though.
Chris Dickins' (any relation to Barry?) clever and colourful script came vividly to life under the direction of the multi-talented Grant Malcolm and through the artistry of four ordinary Aussie blokes. For this particular venue, the light and sound was very adequate and the costumes, while putting one in mind of the Wiggles gone pastel, were fabulous.
I defy any of you who call youselves baby-boomers to see this play and NOT identify with at least half a dozen of the images portrayed in it. As to relevance to our everyday lives, it is a 'must-see' for any man between the ages of 35 and 65, anyone who loves or hates such a man or anyone who likes plays where you can laugh and cry, sometimes both at once.
I understand this MensWork/Drinking Lizard production can be seen at various venues around town beginning Sunday 31 August as part of Men's Health Week. No doubt it will be heavily plugged elsewhere on this site. Well done, Grant, stage and house hands and MEN.
Thou dissembling common-kissing dewberry!
Re: THE MEN
Thu, 4 Sept 2003, 11:43 pmWalter Plinge
Saw The Men on Tuesday 2nd September at Rockingham. By turns amusing, poignant, thought-provoking and even, occasionally embarrassing, The Men is above all enlightening and revealing. I found myself nodding in recognition - my father, my brother, my ex-husband, my ex father-in-law - I could identify them all. I do think it is a very generational thing though. My 20-something daughter didn't find the evening's entertainment very 'entertaining'! The four actors did a fine job in spite of one being afflicated with 'flu and another extremely hoarse due to a laryngeal complaint.
At the conclusion of the play the audience is invited to join in discussion of any issues brought up by the subject. I personally thought it an inappropriate venue. When purchasing tickets a leaflet listing appropriate contacts is given to theatre-goers. Booklets with information on The Menswork Project are also available. If anyone wishes to express views or talk about personal issues I don't think the foyer of the theatre is the appropriate place.
That said, do try and see The Men. It is guaranteed to make you think.....
At the conclusion of the play the audience is invited to join in discussion of any issues brought up by the subject. I personally thought it an inappropriate venue. When purchasing tickets a leaflet listing appropriate contacts is given to theatre-goers. Booklets with information on The Menswork Project are also available. If anyone wishes to express views or talk about personal issues I don't think the foyer of the theatre is the appropriate place.
That said, do try and see The Men. It is guaranteed to make you think.....