| A good old fashioned fairy tale.... |
At Hijinx Theatre |
| Hijinx Theatre- Ill Met by Moonlight , Sherman Arena , September 29, 2001 |
| With the rumbustious jollity of Steel Wasp's Moll Flanders still in my mind I returned to a much-altered Sherman Arena full of expectancy and was certainly not disappointed. No, I can categorically state no one will ever be disappointed, attending any performance by the wonderful Hijinx Theatre Company. The set was a glittering modern drum kit set on a couple of rostrums but very soon we were in fairy story territory and loving every moment. "I have seen more of love than is written in any book, I have sat by the very spring of love and watched it flow down these brackish hills, for eight hundred years. I have seen love declared and love decay a thousand times. I have seen young hearts, trembling in the first sighs of love and cruel parents crush their youthful dreams with jealous hands. I have seen men take love by force and seen em die for love on battlefields of blood and hate. I've seen paupers and Princes, and a fair collection of Popes fall in love, fall over love, fall by the wayside of love. I've seen Kings an' Queens, chop off each others heads in the name of love. I have seen hot horny love grow cold an heavy as lard. I have seen honest love, labelled as a lie an' called adultery. I have heard love in chains scream behind the walls of marriage. But once or twice, tis true, I have seen…. An extract from "ILL MET BY MOON LIGHT" by Charles Way Although this is a revival I still reckon it's a brave author and theatre company who are prepared to give us what in contemporary terms might be called soft words and a soft subject but here was an evening of complete delight. Not with out some feel of pantomime, and I use that word in its best sense, these two side-by side love stories captivated and delighted the ever-attentive audience. Kevin Lewis, moonlighting from his 'proper' job at T-I-E Theatre Iolo showed us that there is little difference, when it comes to theatre art in what pleases the young or the old. This piece was a work of art, the players at times seemed like a painting brought to life. Just the way Nia Davies as Hedydd walked across the stage was one of these captivating pictures well contrasted with the robust yet still magical performance ofDyfrig Morris as Gwarwyn. The 'normals' were played at times with great realism and believability by Cler Stevens and Rhodri Hugh yet they still underlined the enchantment of their story. |
Reviewed by: Michael Kelligan |
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