Can't Pay? Won't Pay!
From: Tuesday, 9th October 2012
To: Saturday, 13 October 2012
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Synopsis
This hilarious and critically acclaimed political farce set in a working class suburb of Milan, centres on direct action by housewives against inflationary supermarket prices. Outraged, they ransack their local supermarket but must then struggle to hide their ill-gotten gains from both their trade unionist husbands and an increasing onslaught of suspicious policemen. The sight of local officials hung up in wardrobes and impossible fake pregnancies sit neatly side by side with the real dangers of unemployment and political crisis in a highly amusing, fast-moving piece from one of the modern masters of farce.
Our Review:
Paul Couch - 10 October 2012
There’s barely a pause for breath in Rob Salmon’s sparkling production for the New Wolsey Theatre’s Young Company and, at first, the larger than life estuary accents may be interpreted as a bit “shouty”; however, it’s quite disconcerting how quickly the audience becomes enveloped in the frenzied world that Dario Fo creates and our ears become attuned.
It might be argued that Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay! isn’t the farce it’s widely claimed to be but rather falls under the classification of theatre d’absurd or, at the very least, a modern commedia dell'arte. The pace is madcap and the conceits surreal – we’re expected to accept any number of implausibilities without question in the style of a live-action cartoon, while rapier-like political observations are thrust home under the radar. Whatever its genre, the piece entertains at a pace and we’re soon buying into a chaotic story ...
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Dario Fo (Author)
New Wolsey Young Company (Company)
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