Review: Metamorphosis, Lyric Hammersmith
Originally written for Exeunt. A performer dangles upside down, supported only by the strength of his own body; visual perspectives shift and skew across the split level set, distorting reality; a family home cracks open, metaphorically and literally, at its very centre. There is no question that this production, now six years old and making … Continue reading
Review: Desire Under the Elms, Lyric Hammersmith
Originally written for Exeunt. Property is a flimsy, fleeting, yet enduringly seductive object of desire. There is a bitter irony contained in an object over which lives are lost but which, as attested to by proverb, you can’t take with you. This empty basis on which possessions possess is laid startlingly bare by the Lyric … Continue reading
Review: Morning, Lyric Hammersmith
The auditorium is flooded with mangled, discordant screams. Pale fluorescent light creeps across the stage, illuminating a snapshot of horror with the clinical blandness of the hospital ward. And all around me, audience members stifle laughs. This is the moment from Morning that is etched most vividly on my memory. Being seated in the middle … Continue reading
Review: Chair, Lyric Hammersmith
Originally written for The Public Reviews. In the concluding offering of Edward Bond’s trio of Chair Plays, the future looks anything but bright. We are in 2077 and the chair of the title, a surprisingly sinister piece of furniture, is offered by Alice to a soldier waiting to escort a strangely familiar looking prisoner to … Continue reading
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