Post by joem on Feb 27, 2022 0:06:30 GMT
That rara avis of the stage - a horror play!!! And on a stage where there is no room to hide.... suitably equipped with a pint of Ghost Ship, best tipple under the circumstances, I sneaked stealthily up the stairs and....
Ok, said it before, I have never ever, and doubt I ever will, been genuinely scared by a horror play and this hasn't changed my mind. In the absence of genuine fear what this does is the next best thing, tell you a creepy story which is pleasantly, if familiarly, in the tradition of its genre. "Revenant", written by Stewart Roche, is a one-hander, actor Patrick O'Donnell narrates the story from the perspective of Carter, a director trying to work his way back up the ladder after a flop who is shooting a low-budget zombie movie on a remote Irish island. When his leading actor drops out before travelling to the island he is forced to take on a mysterious and gifted actor to replace him and things start moving from thereon. O'Donnell "does the police in different voices" and does it remarkably well too, switching easily and distinctively through a gallery of characters, and varying the pace to create tension. Not an easy task when all you have is a table, a chair, a stool a couple of glasses and some lighting and sound effects to help.
At atmospheric piece which holds your attention and is easy on the eye and ear.
Ok, said it before, I have never ever, and doubt I ever will, been genuinely scared by a horror play and this hasn't changed my mind. In the absence of genuine fear what this does is the next best thing, tell you a creepy story which is pleasantly, if familiarly, in the tradition of its genre. "Revenant", written by Stewart Roche, is a one-hander, actor Patrick O'Donnell narrates the story from the perspective of Carter, a director trying to work his way back up the ladder after a flop who is shooting a low-budget zombie movie on a remote Irish island. When his leading actor drops out before travelling to the island he is forced to take on a mysterious and gifted actor to replace him and things start moving from thereon. O'Donnell "does the police in different voices" and does it remarkably well too, switching easily and distinctively through a gallery of characters, and varying the pace to create tension. Not an easy task when all you have is a table, a chair, a stool a couple of glasses and some lighting and sound effects to help.
At atmospheric piece which holds your attention and is easy on the eye and ear.
