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The Joy Society -
Tour & Scottish Premiere
Concieved and Produced by Bim Mason
Script devised by Bim Mason and The Society
Directing help from - Linda Kerr Scott & the assistance of
Kathryn Hunter
Song Composer - Shirley Pegna
Sound Engineer - Pete Ridsdale
Company - Dark Horse
Cast - here
Venue - D Theatre
Dates - P
not Sun or Mons
Matinees at pm
Tour Dates and Times - to
be added
Seen to review at Traverse Edinburgh
Run Time - 1 hours 5mins no interval
Reviewer - Thelma Good
What the... Oh!
For the first forty minutes or so I was feeling the problem with a press
ticket is you can't demand your money back and you do have to sit through
some right.... But the last 25 minutes developed into such an strong ending
that I forgave them the shaky and over long beginning.
It starts with one of those whacky new world, find yourself religions.
Bim Mason, bearded like an old testament prophet and his acolytes are
the Joy Society. It boasts a website on the stage but don't bother with
the URL when you get home, it don't lead you anywhere. Just like this
piece to beginning with its a flaky society. The performances shift us
into the uncomfortable, are these guys for real? Have I stumble on one
of those barking theatre groups who have collectively flipped and why
are they always the earnest, boring ones?
But when the newest disciples subvert the illustrative puppet show and
later overthrow the old man there's just enough to keep most of the audience
in their seats. Though I was tempted to go for the exit myself, dedication
to reviewing made me stay. And that's why I can report, though you may
be think of complaining to me and the management earlier, the last half
of the production will increasingly relive your suffering as evangelism
is replaced by nihilism, with creatures of the dark recesses of the subversive
subconscious. There are babies of all sorts of sizes and figments moving
before you, the stuff of very disturbing nights.
If Dark Horse cut ten, fifteen minutes of the unnecessarily long first
part, but retain its edgy, cranky beginning it would be flawless, perhaps
too many collaborators spoilt the whole.
© Thelma Good 28 November 2002. - Published on EdinburghGuide.com
Cast: Aggelika Spetseri, Al Seed, Camila Valenzuela,
Ivan Marcos and Bim Mason
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