Mess
From: Monday, 15th April 2013
To: Monday, 15 April 2013
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
Welcome back, Caroline Horton - an extraordinary performer with a keenly trained eye for the unusual. Josephine is putting on a play - Boris and Sistahl help. It's about anorexia. But don't let that put you off. Unflinchingly they confront big issues (and extremely tiny ones). Today they will tackle a particularly thin elephant in the room. Obsession, addiction and not wanting to get out of bed: a play with songs from the award-winning Caroline Horton.
Our Review:
16 April 2013
It might be a rich mix of ingredients but Caroline Horton’s new play is anything but a Mess. Director Alex Swift adopts the giddy ‘we know a song about that’ style familiar from tatty children’s’ TV shows. It’s a risky approach and, with a less skilled company, could be used as a defensive shield against the hard issues being discussed or just become bloody irritating.
There are still times when the Company push their luck. Mess opens with the cast explaining that, as this is only the touring version of the show, it lacks the special effects that will be used when it reaches London. Seiriol Davies (who provides musical accompaniment, sound effects and dry observations) bluntly explains the symbolism of Fiammetta Horvat’s rather charming set in which a defensive castle turret has formed out of a teenager’s blankets and duvet.
The success of the play is a result of the sensitive handling o...
Cast
Caroline Horton (Josephine)
Hannah Boyde (Boris)
Seiriol Davies (Sistahl)
Creative
China Plate (Producer)
Alex Swift (Director)
Fiammetta Horvat (Design)
Seiriol Davies (Music)
Andy Purves (Lighting)
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