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Mad Cow. - UK Premiere.
Arches Live Autumn 2005.

Playwright and Director - Alessandro Valenzisi.
Translator - Wilma Stark.
Cast - Here.
Dates & Time - 16 - 23 September 1589 not Sun at 7:30pm.
Run Time - 15 minutes.
Seen to review at the Arches, Glasgow on 16 September 2005.
Reviewer - Thelma Good.

Vivid 15 minutes.

Arches Live. is a great place to discover gems which are unlikely to be seen on any other stage in Scotland. Alessandro Valenzisi's Mad Cow is one such. It's only fifteen minutes but with Lynsey Murdoch giving her all it's as vivid and impact making as a full length production.

Throught she plays a cow. Not just any cow, this one has discovered sensual pleasure, once full on from the bull and then twice daily from Farmer Jones has he milks her. The trouble begins when he leaves her not quite completely delivered and her angry actions find her imbibing of quite a different coloured fluid. The tale grows from then on as the cow has to go out into the world to find satisfaction. Dressed in a lycra suit of white with irregular black spots, you'll end up viewing cows with more waryness and realising women of all species shouldn't be thwarted.

It's a talented trio who have delivered Mad Cow and the small clockroom space at the Arches suits it to a T with the intermittent rattle of the metal shutter making you wonder if there are more livestock horrors trying to get in.
© Thelma Good 16 September 2005 - Published on EdinburghGuide.com
Cast of Mad Cow. -
The Cow - Lynsey Murdoch.

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