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drinks Monday 2 June 08
DUBLIN ... Colman Higgins describes the scope and history of Dublin Gay Theatre Festival ... and reviews two of its shows ... Down Dangerous Passes Road ... Confessions of A Mormon Boy /// LONDON ... film on now ... La Question Humaine / Heartbeat Detector /// BRIGHTON ... It's on till 26 May and here's at least 20 Things you might want to know about Brighton Fringe /// PEOPLE ... Who was there at Fringe Report's First Monday 5 May - photographs & article /// CULTURE ... One Culture ... film screening 30 May booking now ... details
Spoon Fed
Verdict: Long-form improvisation
Dublin 05 - T36 19-24 September 05 - 18.00 (19.00)
Spoon Fed is long form improvisation by eight actors from The Attic Studio, a forum for Irish-based actors, writers and directors with over 700 members.
An off-stage compere asks for suggestions at the start of the show. Seven players take it in turn to improvise a minute or two of a character monologue, using some, but not all of the suggestions. In a second round, each player fleshes out their character with a name and background.
Then the compere becomes crucial it is her role to guide these seven characters to create a story. She asks the audience for several pairings of the characters, each of which sets up a relationship with each other. Then she asks which of these stories they want to combine. Some of the relationships are dropped, although they may come in later.
In this performance, a young Garda (Irish police officer) tries to win the hand of the daughter of the evil alien Zoltan in marriage with the other four characters playing support roles. Every now and then the compere freezes the scene - and asks for a suggestion to add another element into the scene. Eventually the Garda vanquishes Zoltan and marries the girl, Bollywood style.
The characters chosen by the players are strong, well-defined and funny particularly the Garda. The main scene which takes almost half an hour all told hangs together fine. The desired ending is reached, with plenty of effective gags along the way. However, the ending is a little predictable perhaps it could have been left more open for the players to find an ending.
Cast Credits:
Cast Credits: Spoon Fed players: (alpha order): Karl Argue. Aisling Bodkin.
Trish Fitzpatrick. Declan Gillick. Julianna Gonzales. Jacqui Leahy. Geraline McAlinden. Joe McKinney. Aoife Moore. Celine Mullins. Steven Neeson. Jason Nelson. Ciaran OGrady. Olivia Pouyanne. Janee Rambocus. Clodagh Reid.
Lisa Shane. Niamh Shaw. Sean Stewart. Olga Werhly. Seamus Whelan. Steve Wilson.
Company Credits: Directors (alpha order) - Graham Cantwell, Tim Dillard, Rachel Rath. Story and Lighting Operator - Graham Cantwell. Lighting Designer - Mannix McPhillips. Set - Geraldine McAlinden & Joe McKinney. Costume - Aoife Moore & Aisling Bodkin. Company - The Attic Studio.
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(c) Colman Higgins 2005
reviewed 20 September 05 / T36, Dublin
Fringe Report (c) Fringe Report 2002-2008
