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Review from 2003 Edinburgh
Fringe
Those Eyes, That Mouth .
Venue Plum Developments, Venue No. 286
Venue Address 32 Abercromby Place NB Venue change from that
in the programme
Reviewer Bill Dunlop.
Those Eyes, That Mouth - Grid Iron Production.
Cait Davis as The Woman.
© photographer 2003
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Vermeer's 'Girl with a pearl earring' has been getting about rather a
lot lately, thanks to a re-consideration of the artist's work and the
featuring of his model as the central character of a recent novel. The
painting provides a leitmotif for Grid Iron's current Fringe offering.
Perforce hastily re-located to Abercromby Place, the piece is a reflective
consideration of loneliness and aloneness, and of what depression may
be like from the inside.
Standing in the entrance hall, we hear Cait Davis's voice trying hard
to communicate herself to a world we sense she's out of step with and
doesn't really care that she is. Davis' characterisation gives hints of
vulnerability and desperation masquerading behind an evident relish for
solitude. As we follow Davis through rooms which are as much spaces in
her head as spaces in which to be, we glimpse what the human mind may
be capable of when left to its own devices and the damage it can inflict
upon itself when left too long unattended.
David Paul Jones' music provides emphasis and counter-point to Davis'
musings, as well as an effective brooding presence in some scenes. In
addition to the (almost literal) trompe d'oiel of Grid Iron's settings,
we are treated to some fine-tuned lighting effects. Altogether a thoughtful,
reflective piece of work within (perhaps) its only possible setting.
© Bill Dunlop 2003 Edinburghguide.com.
Company - Grid Iron
Company website www.gridiron.org.uk
Note from the Editor - This production sucessfully toured to The
Tron, Glasgow and Eden Court Theatre, Inverness showing that it could
indeed be performed in different spaces.
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Theatre Editor, Thelma
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