Talk

I'm so angry right now. I feel like I could vibrate with rage right through this reality and into one that is less infuriating! This play is the Fourth Estate from every angle in the new digital age of talk show hosts and law and order politics. So good and so vociferously upsetting. I can't even discuss it right now!

Chimerica

 Wow. A more beautifully staged production I have not seen in some time. The depth of the Ros Packer stage was really well put to use especially during the Tinnamen Square scenes. The haze and endless screaming running cast was heart wrenching and the opening plastic bags of 30 'Tankman' all moving in unison was visually stunning. It's rare to see a show with a cast this large and the ensemble were used with such perfect precision to set each scene and bring atmosphere. I must figure out how they managed to never make the enourous space feel empty even when thee were only two people on stage - feel like we could use that in Treehouse...

The cast were fantastic. Rebecca Massey's many faces were always something of a scene stealer but that might just be my fangirling giving her added weight. I still remember her being the most transcendent thing about Belvoir's It Just Stopped and then falling completely in love with her in every way during Perplex at STC back in 2014. I'm willing to admit my bias but never to overcome it!

The story was a little weak or perhaps I'm just not that interested in a bloke trying to recapture the single defining moment of his career at the expense of EVERYTHING and EVERYONE around him. I was far more interested in the journey of Geraldine Hakewill's character from corporate drone to activist and the melt down during her presentation was one of the most evocative political and economic monologues I've ever seen. 

Still it's definitely a 5/5 show and you should get along to see it. 

Going to theatre alone

I booked my STC subscription late and alone this year. So I'm going to write up my reactions when I have them. Cause my memory is not the most reliable and there won't be anyone to back it up this time! If you stumble upon this know that this is my memory collection so don't shake the jars too much.