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| Dirty Protest- Seven Short Plays , The Other Room , November 18, 2017 |
One of Cardiff’s most innovative theatre companies is celebrating its tenth birthday. The wit and the theatrical command sparkle as strongly as ever.They are celebrating the occasion, very appropriately with a visit to the award winning The Other Room, another of Cardiff’s theatrical treasures. They tell us, “Fantastic 10 Year Take Over of The Other Room. 7 fantastic short plays, performed by 5 amazing actors, with 3 cracking directors for a gorgeous audience. More than half of the writers and actors who collaborated with us on this event had never worked with us before.” This is no hyperbole, the plays were “Fantastic”. The actors “amazing” and the directors all spot-on. The theme of the evening was: IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I FEEL FINE). The first play ‘Dilemma’ certainly picked up this theme. Writer Hefin Robinson gave us a very imaginative and perceptive look at the trials of life or was it death? Director Matthew Bulgo ensured that the world spun very effectively. His cast was brilliant and totally captivating. Jack Hammett and Georgia Theodoulou gave us a very real young married couple at the centre of the dilemma. They were beautifully assisted by Sophie Warren’s commanding and bossy behaviour. In the two plays in which they appeared together, ‘The Apology’, with some devastating and graphic writing from Helen Raynor and ‘Captain’, more lively writing from Kevin Jones, Claire Cage, one of Wales’ finest actors, and the very experienced Rhys ap Trefor shone. Directors Catherine Paskell and Charlotte Lewis gave great help with the polishing. Catherine Paskell, the Artistic Director of Dirty Protest aided and abetted very closely by Matthew Bulgo have brought together seven plays, all a delight to watch, all with acting and directing of a very high order. The seventy five minutes was a real joy. All the other plays were presented with the same vitality and expertise. ‘Waiting For Gaia’ by Lucy Rivers, directed by Matthew Holmquist, ‘Imagine’ by Jennifer Lunn also directed by Matthew Holmquist and ‘This Morning Massacre’ by Paul Jenkins, directed by Matthew Bulgo. The final play ‘The Dog” again with precise directions from Matthew Bulgo gave us the biggest laugh of the evening due to the perfect timing of Claire Cage and Sophie Warren. A perfect end to an excellent evening of fine theatre art. |
Reviewed by: Michael Kelligan |
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