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Hijinx- All the Sundays in May , University of Glamorgan , Theatr y Bont , October 7, 1998
Feeling was much in evidence in the powerful words and images of Firenza Guidi's All the Sundays in May, a Hijinx production (University of Glamorgan , Theatr y Bont, October 7) which supplemented powerful acting with video, dance, music and song Sarah Blackburn's lovely cello and Phillipa Reeves's stunning voice were particularly effective.

This production reminded me of Theatre Powys in the 197Os: a bare stage, simple, semi-mythic characterisation, powerful themes. The play opened with a screen showing a close up on the sea that melted into the tortured face of an old woman, tears seeping from her eyes, playing with a medallion as if it were a rosary... a voice over with beautiful haunting words. The plot used the material of the folk tale, the ballad, turning on illicit desire, hypocrisy, incest and insanity. This was a small jewel of small-scale theatre, played in the intimacy of this tiny space.

Reviewed by: Jeni Williams

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