Big Fun Sometimes
Sat, 10 Dec 2005, 03:52 pmWalter Plinge3 posts in thread
Big Fun Sometimes
Sat, 10 Dec 2005, 03:52 pmWhat a marvoullous production. I especially liked the puppets,
Yes I did lave 'some fun' - ha
cheerio
Ingrid Bombay.
Yes I did lave 'some fun' - ha
cheerio
Ingrid Bombay.
Big Fun Sometimes
Sat, 10 Dec 2005, 06:12 pmWalter Plinge
I saw this production last night at Rechabites. This is Luke Milton's latest creation involving puppets, music by Steve Hearne & Brent Hill, designed by Bryan Woltjen and a talented cast of established and emerging actors.
Girth tells the story of his adventures from when he was 6 and met Erzebet (the someone from the saying "some people have all the luck") with whom he becomes besotted - following her form brothels, to gangster cites, underwater and monkey islands.
The puppets are enchanting. There are so many and each just adorable (or grotesque, depending). The use of puppets is a mesmerising device and so engaging. The actor/pupeteers successfully manipulate the miriad of puppets. Although haven't seen many puppet shows: these guys added another layer through their own physicality and voices - which i thought really worked.
What blew me away most was the layers of symbolism that Luke had written inot the play. What if people didn't have hands, would we be just like monkeys? Shouldn't we live life just to have fun? Does anyone else feel like a whale stranded in a city - boxed in by what we "should be doing" and losing the point?...I could go on.
It's just a shame that its on the same night as a slick musical down the road. Rent was really great and impressive. But for my money I'd rather see this magical creation that has taken a few risks and provided an engaging piece of theatre that I thought was meaningful, thoughtful and super creative.
Girth tells the story of his adventures from when he was 6 and met Erzebet (the someone from the saying "some people have all the luck") with whom he becomes besotted - following her form brothels, to gangster cites, underwater and monkey islands.
The puppets are enchanting. There are so many and each just adorable (or grotesque, depending). The use of puppets is a mesmerising device and so engaging. The actor/pupeteers successfully manipulate the miriad of puppets. Although haven't seen many puppet shows: these guys added another layer through their own physicality and voices - which i thought really worked.
What blew me away most was the layers of symbolism that Luke had written inot the play. What if people didn't have hands, would we be just like monkeys? Shouldn't we live life just to have fun? Does anyone else feel like a whale stranded in a city - boxed in by what we "should be doing" and losing the point?...I could go on.
It's just a shame that its on the same night as a slick musical down the road. Rent was really great and impressive. But for my money I'd rather see this magical creation that has taken a few risks and provided an engaging piece of theatre that I thought was meaningful, thoughtful and super creative.