Theatr Iolo |
| Theatr Iolo- Are We There Yet? , Imaginate, the Bank of Scotland International Children's Theatre Festival in Edinburgh , June 1, 2005 |
| IF WAITING for Godot is a play in which nothing happens twice, Theatre Iolo's Are We There Yet? is a play in which nothing happens repeatedly. Whether its audience of under-fives will grow up with a taste for Samuel Beckett is unknown, but they're sure to leave the theatre with renewed purpose when it comes to passing the time. Anna Joseph plays a girl on a journey with her father (Kevin Lewis) and brother (Oliver Wilson-Dickson). We don't know where they're going or where they've come from, nor even their mode of transport. She's hot and bored and there's time to be filled. Her brother is preoccupied with playing the fiddle and her father has all kinds of unpredictable rules about what she can and can't do. So, like all good children, she improvises: dancing, singing, storytelling, dressing up, playing at make believe, allowing one idea to suggest another, and turning a simple act such as biting an apple into an elaborate game of juggling, train noises and disgusting eating. And what do you know, the time passes. The production by Sarah Argent is gently paced and precisely acted, with an elemental vocabulary to match an imaginative flair that any child will understand. If it doesn't make your next family outing any easier, it should at least, like Waiting for Godot, strike a chord of existential recognition. |
Reviewed by: Mark Fisher , the Scotsmaan |
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