2023 Audience Reviews

Company: Jackdonkey Productions
Show: Dock Work
Venue: Rarig Center Thrust

Directed Aggression

We're all dressed in uniforms and office attire laboring until we die. This show is hyperfocused in its thematic content of unity of workers and animosity toward employers. It's periodic jovial nature is undercut by a raw, aggressive series of performances comprising of original and appropriated literature and dance. The performers capture the poise mastered through laborious repetition and rigidity and harshness forced by surviving workplace conditions. It's a beautiful brutalist juxtaposition resulting in movement that gave me chills. There is also a live cover band reveling in the grunge genre and playing their hearts out. This show celebrates the experimental potential of performance and raises contemporary class consciousness. It is a must see for Fringers who are pro-labor, fans of the avant garde, or punks!