Daniel Hit By a Train - The Catastrophe Trilogy

Synopsis

53 true stories. In each story a person loses their life in the attempt to save the life of another. Amelia Kennedy dies trying to save her sister from their burning house. Dr Samuel Rabbeth dies trying to clear an obstruction from the throat of a 4-year-old. Edward Morris dies trying to save the life of his drowning companion. Famed pantomime artiste, Sarah Smith, dies trying to save her colleague from an on-stage fire.

Our Review:

4 March 2010

"REGARD THE DRUM", booms our narrator before hitting it to signify another name ticked off his roll-call of death in Daniel Hit by a Train, the second installment in Lone Twin’s The Catastrophe Trilogy.

The show re-enacts the deaths of 53 people who died in acts of heroism in Victorian London. Pretty morbid stuff, but the piece deals with each loss so matter-of-factly there’s little chance to get maudlin. “Who died drowning?’’ asks the narrator. A show of hands goes up. “I did”, says a cast member, stepping forward. “This is me drowning.” They go limp, there’s a moment’s pause and the drum sounds. Next.

This borderline facetious rendering of tragedy just about works. There’s one moment where cast member Guy Dartnell looks as if he might be just about to push the boundaries of taste a bit too far with an impersonation of an eight-year-old boy on fire, but thankfully he simply lo...

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