When Harry met Harry
Thu, 13 May 2010, 08:08 amGordon the Optom1 post in thread
When Harry met Harry
Thu, 13 May 2010, 08:08 am‘When Harry Met Harry’ was written and devised by Allan Girod for Flaming Locomotive Productions. In advance of its Canadian tour, this 70-minute long world premiere is being presented at the Blue Room Studio Theatre at 53 James Street, Northbridge until 29th May. All shows at 8.30 pm.
Lonely Harry awakes from his recurring dream to face yet another humdrum day at work. As senior printing officer, this obsessive compulsive sits at his desk, ensuring that only the utmost efficiency is achieved, and that all of the rules are observed. Thankfully every day is the same for self-doubting, apprehensive Harry, until one day his boss announces a team development session with fervent Rodney is to be held.
Will this training session be the end of Harry or will he come to the fore?
Skilfully directed by Igor Sas, Allan Girod shines with this extremely well observed characterisation. What sounds like a mundane and uninteresting topic, becomes a fascinating and, at times, a gripping tale as Harry takes us through his highs and lows. Whilst being mainly a very funny comedy, one really felt for the inwardly pathetic character of Harry and his pointlessly lacklustre life.
The lighting and sound design by Joe Lui was as always stunning.
I often wonder why people like Allan, previously seen in ‘The Good Thief’ and now in this production, along with Tom Papathanassiou (Looming the memory) and Tim watts (Alvin) put themselves through what must be Hell. But there again I am indebted that they do, as their one-man shows are truly productions to remember. This storyline looks simple, but there is a huge amount of depth and spellbinding interest to be found in Harry. He is a man we all know, attending a seminar that we have all experienced and dreaded. A quality performance, strongly recommended.
‘When Harry Met Harry’ was written and devised by Allan Girod for Flaming Locomotive Productions. In advance of its Canadian tour, this 70-minute long world premiere is being presented at the Blue Room Studio Theatre at 53 James Street, Northbridge until 29th May. All shows at 8.30 pm.
Lonely Harry awakes from his recurring dream to face yet another humdrum day at work. As senior printing officer, this obsessive compulsive sits at his desk, ensuring that only the utmost efficiency is achieved, and that all of the rules are observed. Thankfully every day is the same for self-doubting, apprehensive Harry, until one day his boss announces a team development session with fervent Rodney is to be held.
Will this training session be the end of Harry or will he come to the fore?
Skilfully directed by Igor Sas, Allan Girod shines with this extremely well observed characterisation. What sounds like a mundane and uninteresting topic, becomes a fascinating and, at times, a gripping tale as Harry takes us through his highs and lows. Whilst being mainly a very funny comedy, one really felt for the inwardly pathetic character of Harry and his pointlessly lacklustre life.
The lighting and sound design by Joe Lui was as always stunning.
I often wonder why people like Allan, previously seen in ‘The Good Thief’ and now in this production, along with Tom Papathanassiou (Looming the memory) and Tim watts (Alvin) put themselves through what must be Hell. But there again I am indebted that they do, as their one-man shows are truly productions to remember. This storyline looks simple, but there is a huge amount of depth and spellbinding interest to be found in Harry. He is a man we all know, attending a seminar that we have all experienced and dreaded. A quality performance, strongly recommended.