Writers: Garbiñe Insausti, Jose Dault, Iñaki Rikarte, Edu Cárcamo, Rolando San Martin Director: Iñaki Rikarte Heartbreaking – charming – brilliant! If one could post just three words for a review, those would be the ones to describe André & Dorine, a stunning play in short residence at the Theatre at St Clement’s. A silent, masked narrative drama offered by Spain’s Kulunka Teatro. A poignant piece that explores the effects of Alzheimer’s not only on the individual, but on their family as a whole. The narrative is clear: André is a successful writer, Dorine an accomplished cellist. As Dorine’s memory fades,…
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Writer: Freek Mariën Translator: David McKay Director: Samuel Buggeln Deep into the journey of what starts out as a likely murder investigation in Norway, a corporate spokesperson in Calais, France tells a journalist that “refugees aren’t sexy” and don’t make for a story anyone wants to hear. He tells her that if she “really can’t leave it alone” she needs to “hook them,” and “tell them it’s a murder mystery or something.” One wonders if playwright Freek Mariën had that exact conversation with someone in his life, as that is the journey taken through The Wetsuitman, now making its English…
Writer: Harrison David Rivers Director: David Mendizábal Reviewer: Jamie Rosler Love conquers all, or at least makes the difficulties more bearable, in Harrison David Rivers’ This Bitter Earth. It’s a moving exploration of the complications of one couple set against the complications of American society at large, deftly directed by David Mendizábal. Optimism meets heartbreak, activism meets academia, and poetry (both literal and metaphorical) undergirds the journey from start to finish. Shifting forwards and backwards in time between March 2012 and December 2015, as well as across the country from New York City to St. Paul, Minnesota and back, Jesse…
Writers: Eliza Bent, Kaaron Briscoe, Georgina Escobar, Amina Henry, Erin Mallon Directors: Michole Biancosino & Andrew W. Smith Reviewer: Jamie Rosler While nothing is quite the same as seeing new plays in an intimate venue, Project Y Theatre Company’s streaming presentation of this year’s Women in Theatre Festival (WIT Fest) does a commendable job marrying the disparate media and setting up a valuable audience experience. Five female playwrights, commissioned to create short plays (two-hander means it’s for two actors) for a hybrid theatrical venture, explore themes ranging from (but not exclusively) theatre itself, to social media’s influence on our culture,…