theater simple @ Uni Cinema
10:00pm, Sat 21 Feb 2004
Score: 10
Short Review: Immense
It’s kind of scary when you’re watching a darkly themed play, spiked with vicious, self-effacing humour, and can strongly identify with the protagonist. It makes it impossible to remain objectively detached from that which is presented, you know?
Not that there would be a problem in that regard, anyway. Andrew Litzky, playing the Underground Man, absolutely dominates the Uni Cinema, projecting his troubled and deprecating character out into the capacity crowd. It’s an acerbic portrayal, but played with a lot of wit and humour – a devastating combination.
As usual, this theater simple production works brilliantly within a simple set, the use of light and simple props superb. And, as usual, they have presented a winning formula – challenging script + sublime performance = knockout theatre.
I don’t know. I found the actor strong and memorable but didn’t get out of it, all you did.
Nah, that’s fine – to each their own, and all that. I just found it to be a totally enveloping experience – lovely.
…and thanks for commenting. It makes me think that someone *is* actually reading this :)