Sex and other frustrations **
Sun, 2 Oct 2005, 12:09 pmWalter Plinge1 post in thread
Sex and other frustrations **
Sun, 2 Oct 2005, 12:09 pm‘Sex and other Frustrations’ is on at the Old Mill Theatre until the 15th October is by Ian Austin a TV producer.
‘The Mill’ usually produces high quality shows, but I found this show a little disappointing.
The play or actually three short plays interlinked, was a sell-out originally braking box office records.
The stories are about the life of a rented room and its occupants.
Three of the actors Nicola Farray, Amy Fidler, and Tom Rees really got into the personality of the characters they portrayed, and were outstanding. The other actors varied from two good performances to one poor one. For the poorer player there were numerous fluffs, made worse by freezing several times and being unable to ad lib back onto the script. I know it is amateur theatre and I would be a disaster on the stage, but the actors make the choice to audition and appear. Considering that two of the superb actors went around in their underwear (this is partial nudity) and werenÂ’t fazed, I found this disappointing.
Now the good news.
‘A Slight SeductionÂ’ The first tenant was a young man (Nelson Clemente) who gave acting lessons to a young 17 yrs old girl (Nicola Farray). The Act was very funny, but the male part called for him to be a little ‘naïve and wetÂ’, unfortunately I thought that the actor, although his diction and acting were very good, played the part annoyingly too ‘wetÂ’ and that if he pulled back a little the Act would have been much better. Most enjoyable.
‘The Perfect Marriage’ The second tenant (Amy Fidler) and her loved one (David Hargreaves) had fantasies which they liked to play out. Very well acted. Good story completely different to the first.
Was this Louis the goldfishÂ’s first acting part?
‘Delayed divorce’ The third tenant was the landlady moving into her own flat. She got a strange visitor (Tom Rees) who, on the pretext of wishing to rent the flat, was actually determined to kill her. The hilarious acting style of the murderer was similar to that of Alistair Sim in many of his late 50’s films.
A few clever technical tricks which worked well.
The lighting was above average. The set as always first class, with reasonable changes made for each Act to confirm the new occupant. Sound very good and costumes spot on.
A set of fun plays which for reasons stated left me overall a little empty at the end of the night. It was early in the season so could be worth a try later.
‘The Mill’ usually produces high quality shows, but I found this show a little disappointing.
The play or actually three short plays interlinked, was a sell-out originally braking box office records.
The stories are about the life of a rented room and its occupants.
Three of the actors Nicola Farray, Amy Fidler, and Tom Rees really got into the personality of the characters they portrayed, and were outstanding. The other actors varied from two good performances to one poor one. For the poorer player there were numerous fluffs, made worse by freezing several times and being unable to ad lib back onto the script. I know it is amateur theatre and I would be a disaster on the stage, but the actors make the choice to audition and appear. Considering that two of the superb actors went around in their underwear (this is partial nudity) and werenÂ’t fazed, I found this disappointing.
Now the good news.
‘A Slight SeductionÂ’ The first tenant was a young man (Nelson Clemente) who gave acting lessons to a young 17 yrs old girl (Nicola Farray). The Act was very funny, but the male part called for him to be a little ‘naïve and wetÂ’, unfortunately I thought that the actor, although his diction and acting were very good, played the part annoyingly too ‘wetÂ’ and that if he pulled back a little the Act would have been much better. Most enjoyable.
‘The Perfect Marriage’ The second tenant (Amy Fidler) and her loved one (David Hargreaves) had fantasies which they liked to play out. Very well acted. Good story completely different to the first.
Was this Louis the goldfishÂ’s first acting part?
‘Delayed divorce’ The third tenant was the landlady moving into her own flat. She got a strange visitor (Tom Rees) who, on the pretext of wishing to rent the flat, was actually determined to kill her. The hilarious acting style of the murderer was similar to that of Alistair Sim in many of his late 50’s films.
A few clever technical tricks which worked well.
The lighting was above average. The set as always first class, with reasonable changes made for each Act to confirm the new occupant. Sound very good and costumes spot on.
A set of fun plays which for reasons stated left me overall a little empty at the end of the night. It was early in the season so could be worth a try later.