Tag Archives: Attic Erratic
Theatre review: Ad Nauseam
Dear Dad “Watch us appear, then disappear, emerge, then vanish. Watch us.” We do, as trying as it may be, in Attic Erratic’s latest production of Tom Pitts’ play, whose title conjures, in this case, self-indulgence to a nauseating degree. A glow affords a … Continue reading
Theatre review: Tell them that it rained too hard
Dear Dad That promiscuity is fashionable and inspiring is as much a myth as the title of the play is a lie. Tell them that it rained too hard is a daring and honest examination of our society’s attitudes towards carnal indiscrimination and sexual … Continue reading
Theatre review: Vanitas
Dear Dad A family portrait hangs on the wall of Vestige Manor. Reginald Vestige is seen beaming from behind his dancing moustache; his wife, Valerie, is straining to show her well-toned calves. And while son Alistair sulks with aura and attitude, and daughter Elizabeth oozes with scholarly aptitude, Grandma Edith peers coquettishly from … Continue reading
Theatre review: The Walls
Dear Dad The Walls by Giuliano Ferla are as literary as they are literal. His play is an excoriating investigation into how a language – overworked by an illusory sense of cerebral superiority — can erect walls within which one is trapped forever. It is an honest examination … Continue reading
