Duck, Duck, Goose

‘Duck, Duck, Goose’ collaboratively devised by Sarah Rueben and Arielle Gray, and written by Jeffrey Jay Fowler this is a Blue Room and Gray Ruby Production. A Pride WA Festival Event, this 50-minute play is presented at the Blue Room Theatre, Northbridge from 17^th September until 4^th October each evening at 8.00 pm.

Heather (Sarah Rueben) and Lucy (Arielle Gray) have been best friends since primary school, and are inseparable. At an early age, they pledged to a life of chastity, after all ‘have you seen a drawing of a penis?’
They live together, eat together, and remain virgins together – until Lucy decides there must be more to sex than she alone can provide. Her search takes her to a young man, LOL (Tim Watts), on the rebound from a lost love. Will Lucy have the nerve to carry out her desires, or stay true to Heather?

The set has to be unique, with duck and goose feathers everywhere, floor, walls – everywhere! Tim Watts’ animation was of a very high standard, both in drawing and morphing. Jeffrey Jay Fowler’s direction was punchy, he had the girls deliver their lines with naïve innocence, spoken condescendingly as they do on a TV children’s show. Three well thought out characters.
Plenty of laughs from the script filled with insane similes. The applause lasted long after the actors left the stage.

Garreth, Just a couple of wee points. Firstly, let me touch on the play in question. It's a wonderful thing when young people write and perform an original piece of work. I hardly feel you referring to some of the writing as "poetic wank" as being particularly supportive. What I personally would describe as poetic wank, would be your unfortunately-composed similes. Secondly, you referred that the play is being directed by an old friend of yours. I personally would be highly offended if a friend composed a similar post and placed it on a public forum. I've always found that well-placed praise, and one-to-one criticism, to be the most helpful method. Thirdly, I am not endorsing Tracie's comments - however if you are trying to encourage her "strong intellectual arguement (sic)", spelling mistakes hardly do you any favours. Cheers, Max Percy

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