Oedipussy
From: Tuesday, 13th March 2012
To: Saturday, 17 March 2012
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Synopsis
Following hot on the heels of their acclaimed Moby Dick, Spymonkey's gloriously anarchic physical comedy combines with the playful storytelling verve of Kneehigh's Emma Rice and Carl Grose to create an outrageous no-holds-barred subversion of the quintessential Greek tragedy.
Our Review:
14 March 2012
A very clever collaboration, Spymonkey and Kneehigh Theatre, this is of course extremely complex… and very silly, boldly going all over the place, complete with singing (badly); music; dance; acrobatics. Along with Ancient Greece, Space Age fantasy and James Bond, incorporating a couple of pantomime dames and David Bowie on a bad hair day.
But if witty dialogue doesn’t always do the trick, bring on the empty horses, or in this case, sheep. Costume overall was deliciously funny, whether as simple as winding sheets (literally) or elaborately contrived and staging brilliantly basic: a white fitted wardrobe, concealing ladders plus all sorts of things: people, costume and props.
Admittedly, there is something intrinsically funny having a fifty year old, Stephan Kreiss, play a teenager. Both he and Aitor Basauri (Laius, amongst many, many others) do most of the heavily accented clowning, while Toby Park, veering between clown and stooge, in his serious moments so...
Creative
Carl Grose (and company) (Author)
Spymonkey (in association with Royal and Derngate Northampton) (Company)
Emma Rice (Adaptation)
Emma Rice (Director)
Michael Vale (Design)
Phil Supple (Lighting)
Lucy Bradridge (Costume)
Toby Park (Music)
Neil Filby (Music)
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