Oedipussy
From: Tuesday, 10th April 2012
To: Saturday, 21 April 2012
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Synopsis
Following hot on the heels of their acclaimed Moby Dick, Spymonkey's gloriously anarchic physical comedy combines with the playful storytelling verve of Kneehigh's Emma Rice and Carl Grose to create an outrageous no-holds-barred subversion of the quintessential Greek tragedy.
Our Review:
Michael Coveney - 12 April 2012
With its titular confusion between Greek myth and James Bond, the comedy quartet Spymonkey unleash a feast of physical lunacy and narrative wackiness that brings an unusual combined quality to the British stage of flat-out vaudeville and Goon-like surrealism.
The first half hour is as funny as anything in London (Cal McCrystal, movement director on One Man, Two Guvnors, is a long-time Spymonkey associate) as the story is set up in the context of critical disapproval, and one critic’s disapproval in particular: a thumbs down from Joyce MacMillan that still rankles segues into a reassertion of principles and a determination to prove her wrong.
Their mission is only partially accomplished as the comic assault, a mix of National Theatre of Brent and Morecambe and Wise, is one of diminishing returns over two hours. But there are glorious scenes of madness with the reading of the Oracle, the encounter at the crossroads, the swelling of a baby&#...
Creative
Carl Grose (and company) (Author)
Spymonkey (in association with Royal and Derngate Northampton) (Company)
Emma Rice (Adaptation)
Emma Rice (Director)
Michael Vale (Design)
Phil Supple (Lighting)
Lucy Bradridge (Costume)
Toby Park (Music)
Neil Filby (Music)
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