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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
The Flowerbed
Verdict: Garden warfare
Dublin Fringe Festival 2006 - OReilly Theatre 20:00 (1:20) - 19-24 Sept 06
Two houses next to each other have two very different families: the first obsessively clean and middle-class, the second beer-swilling squatters. Their gardens have only an invisible dividing line between them, and war breaks out over some flowers that stray across this line. But their children find a common bond - as in Romeo & Juliet.
The result is a visceral feast of sex and violence, but with the elegance of dance all on a freshly-cut lawn. Memorable moments include the middle-class father making love to his lawn, the squatters doing something like the Haka before planting flowers, and a cat-and-mouse game in which a parent tries to confiscate paper jets from the children. The fight scenes (there are plenty) also show huge intricacy and skill.
Cast Credits: (alpha order): Esther Balfe. Michael M Dolan. Milos Galko. Neil Paris. Rachel Poirer. Vladislav Benito Soltys. Daphne Strothmann.
Company Credits: Writer / Choreographer / Director Michael Keegan-Dolan. Composer Phillip Feeney. Designer - Rodney Grant. Costume Designer Merle Hensel. Lighting Designer Adam Silverman. Sound Designer Gareth Fry. Production Manager Matthey Atwood. Stage Manager Peter Jordan. Deputy Stage Manager Lucinda Hamlin. Assistant Stage Manager Martha Mamo. Lighting Supervisor Georgie Hill. Sound Operator Kim Morton. Wardrobe Supervisor Veele Dehaene. Publicity Nik Quaife / Zoetrope. Set Constructed By Rocket Scenery. Set Adapted By Merle Hensel. Management Ruth Lilley & Andrew McLellan. Company - Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre. Website - www.fabulousbeast.net
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(c) Colman Higgins 2006
reviewed Saturday 23 September 06 / OReilly Theatre
note This is the second production of The Flowerbed. It was first performed in 2000, followed by this 2006 production at: The Pit (The Barbican, London, www.barbican.org.uk) 20 June to 8 July 06, 19:45; and Dublin Fringe as above.
Fringe Report (c) Fringe Report 2002-2008
