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Sheltering from the midday sun, I was grateful for the shade provided by the Phoenix Picturehouse’s second screen. I sank down into the seat and felt my shirt cling to the upholstery. Two became one, as I did my best Comic Book Guy impression, minus oversized beverage and ponytail. Collecting my thoughts before the Oxford […]
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There’s no time for rest in the Experimental Theatre Club; by the end of the first week of Trinity term they will already have wrapped up a production of Dennis Kelly’s Orphans at the Pilch studio. I went along to what was one of the cast’s first rehearsals for Orphans, for a discussion of what the production is to […]
Continue ReadingDennis Kelly’s latest offering, The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas, is a modern morality tale. This is made apparent in the first ‘real’ scene (which follows an extensive choral introduction), where the protagonist Gorge (Tom Brooke) makes the decision which is beamed in neon from the very heart of the stage: Goodness or Cowardice? There is […]
Continue ReadingWritten in 2009, Orphans is very current: it explores violence amongst the comfort of a domestic ‘John Lewis’ setting. As the audience wanders in, they pass over the threshold of Helen and Danny’s house, sidestepping shoes and moving around the dining table before being seated. Michael Bublé is playing on the speakers and Helen and Danny share […]
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