Hello You
From: Monday, 1st September 2003
To: Saturday, 27 September 2003
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
A play about ordinary people and human relationships. A series of seemingly unconnected stories begin to accumulate and interweave with one another to reveal brief moments of human strength, humour, vulnerability and passion. Through digital image, multi layered sound scape, and small behavioural observations, stories begin to unfold, reflecting moments of human life. Dots connect to reveal the similarities and differences and the profound experiences which make us uniquely human.
Our Review:
4 September 2003
John Keates' piece about modern urban living - which he also designed and directed - has some grandiose aims. Citing the Robert Altman film Short Cuts as an influence, Keates introduces us to a interlocking set of young characters, trying to deal with troublesome relationships, with boring jobs and thwarted ambition.
The play suffers from the gimmick of setting it round a movie script. Promising an evening of multimedia entertainment, the video element amounts to a couple of screens in the front (not easily visible from the centre part of the auditorium). It must have seemed like a bright idea, but in truth, adds very little to the production and becomes a distraction to the story-telling.
The actors certainly don't need such distractions. The young cast throw themselves into a variety of roles with gusto. Some of the accents are a bit hit and miss, but there are some genuinely funny moments.
The centrepiece of Hello You is a trouble...
Creative
John Keates (Author)
Fecund Theatre (Company)
John Keate (Director)
Bev Reid (video composition) (Other)
Tom Derrett (Music)
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