Attention Seekers - Short Shrifts

Synopsis

Beautiful, grotesque, absurd - an elusive journey of surprising twists and turns; two people lost in a desert, a ventriloquist and his dummy, a bite of cannibalism... all this in twelve short plays by Peter Oswald. Acclaimed poet Alice Oswald, versatile performers Peter Oswald and Josephine Larsen (with seventeen years of experience in erotic dance, film, theatre and cabaret in Europe), and skilled musician Nemo Jones (of Faithless) combine poetry, live music, drama and dance in performances that embrace the realms between the forms. Oswald's large scale work for Mark Rylance at The Globe and for the National Theatre has hugely influenced this small scale work which weaves together the extremes of physical theatre with language.

Our Review:

Barbara Maxwell - 27 June 2012

What an interesting and surprisingly different evening! Twelve plays in two hours? I was curious to know how this could be achieved while still holding the audiences attention – especially as there are only three actors taking part. My goodness though they do it!

Short Shrifts, by Peter Oswald is running at The Brewery – Tobacco Factory Theatre until Saturday 30 July. The Brewery is just the right place for this kind of show – intimate and cosy with an almost family feeling about it. You are very close to the actors and can look them in the eye – although you may not want to during some of the plays!

Peter Oswald is a well known and highly respected English playwright. His plays have been performed at the National Theatre, the Almeida, Birmingham Rep, in the west end, on Broadway, and around the world. He was the Writer-in-Residence at Shakespeare's Globe, London from 1996 to 2005 and has also published many books. ,p> Together with a gr...

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Gerry King - 29 June 2012:

Thoroughly enjoyed the actors and performance....

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