Captain Amazing
From: Tuesday, 9th April 2013
To: Saturday, 13 April 2013
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
My Dad is a superhero. No one else knows but that's cos it has to stay a secret, cos all superheroes have to not tell people they're superheroes, cos they just can't. Him and my Mum don't live in the same house anymore cos that's what happens sometimes and everyone has different parents. He lives next door which is actually very lucky don't you think? I can go round whenever I want.
Our Review:
Damian Robson - 10 April 2013
The set is sparse. A screen, three red boxes and a stage. Not amazing by any stretch of the imagination. And yet every super-hero needs the gadgets and gismos, and a massive set of production values that feed our senses. Then we can feel safe and secure in the knowledge, we won’t be let down? Believe me, you won’t be.
The central character, and indeed the whole cast is played with humour, style, flair, panache and amazing presence by Mark Weinman. An intense performance that is moving and funny in equal measure. For those of you that know the venue itself, it is an intimate space that requires a subtle performance style. The play itself, I won’t do a ‘spoiler’! Is funny, frenetic, at times absurdist, poignant, uncomfortable and extremely heart-rending. Alistair McDowall has written a play that addresses a man’s struggle with the complex world of banal daily events, finding a place in the world, and when he has: how to keep it safe and secure. That’s when escapism and freeing ...
Cast
Creative
Alistair McDowall (Author)
Clive Judd (Director)
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