Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: And now for something completely different ...
Well, not as different as Philip K. Dick seemed back in his final transmigratory days in 1982, but eccentric enough.
Nor as different as theater can be, but still over the border in what you might call theatrical surrealism.
And certainly different from the other works of playwright Victoria Stewart, who wittily inserts herself into the play to complicate its interweaving of past, present and future, fact and fiction, memory and dream.
2 comments:
This show sounds really interesting. I like plays that use funky timelines. According to this article, it does the same thing with reality, to accent his mental instability. It doesn't go into detail on how, but it sounds like a fun artistc choice to watch.
Is it just me being unobservant, or is it unusual for a producter to be mentioned (with background facts) in a theatre review?
Funky timelines CAN work amazingly well; "Memento," "Jet Li's 'Hero,'"and "The Usual Suspects" are fantastic examples of FILMS that succeed doing that. George F Walker's "Suburban Motel" series of plays is another example of live theatre that does, too. But it's always tricky, isn't it? There are lots of plays and films where this device falls flat on its face. I'm always suspect of plays where the author inserts themselves into it. It's what killed Stephen King's "Gunslinger" book series and it could potentially ruin an otherwise well-constructed piece.
Phiip K Dick's work was in many ways ahead of its time and it sounds like this production works very well attempting to mimic Dick's weird imagination with an equally weird piece.
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