The Ching Room
From: Wednesday, 6th October 2010
To: Saturday, 9 October 2010
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
When you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go. But not if you’re Rory, and there’s a weird and dangerous stranger in the cubicle who seems to know too much about your secrets and wants to introduce you to the mysterious ‘Boss Ching’. What results is a battle of wills and wits, as Rory realises too late the peril he’s in and, even worse, starts to like it. Can Rory escape before the stranger tempts him into crossing a line that will change his life forever?
Our Review:
8 October 2010
Hack poet Rory (Colin McCredie) has his masculinity restored by Darren (Martin McCormick) a pusher with an evangelical vocabulary and an attitude to match. Director Cheryl Martin creates a hyper-real atmosphere for The Ching Room that reflects Alan Bissett’s deliberately elaborate prose. She fails, however, to exploit the darker aspects of the play apparent in McCormick’s seductive Darren as he makes his Faustian offer.
Director Sacha Kyle ensures that the Moira Monologues does not slide into a stand-up routine. She makes no attempt to feminise Moira -played by author Bissett who does not wear drag and retains male mannerisms - so that she becomes an everyperson. This is the first time Bissett’s plays have been produced outside Scotland and you have to adjust to the rhythm of Moira’s thick dialect to fully enjoy the show. Bissett does not simply create a sp...
Creative
Alan Bissett (Author)
Running to Paradise (Company)
Cheryl Martin (Director)
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