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2023 Audience Reviews
Member Reviews
The following reviews were submitted by Fringe Member: John Slaight
Company: Team Rand-McKay
Show: Works in Progress
Venue: Theatre in the Round
Innovative show and fun concept.
As per usual for the creative team behind this, this was a new and engaging way to tell a story that wasn't aggresively, in your face in a "look at how new and interesting I am" way. The theater in the round was used well; the actors were all quietly excellent and funny as anything at the right times, and the lighting was good. The send up of Instagram/Twitter psychology was sharp without being over the top. An excellent show from people who alway provide excellence.
Company: John Heimbuch
Show: Gilgamesh
Venue: Theatre in the Round
The age of storytellers resurrected...
What I loved about it is what I loved about Heimbach's Beowulf when I saw it in someone's backyard. As a history nerd, I think it's hardest for people to grasp, on an emotional level, the impact of a bard or a skald or a poet, and how it wasn't just that there was no other kind of entertainment, but how the words and the performance grabed the eye and the mind. Heimbach manages to do that; the way how he sprinkles in the colloquialisms with the poetry is particularly effective. You emotionally feel how people would sit and watch this, five thousand years ago. It was well done, and I wish I'd been able to see it sooner, and write this review sooner!