Monday, May 11, 2009

A Dream Play

A Dream Play (3.0/5)
Ignite Independent Theatre Company
(by August Strinberg, adapted by Caryl Churchill)
Trades Hall, Melbourne
8th May 2009


Meredith Penman’s stunning performance as a woman from another world sent to experience the anguish of life on Earth holds this challenging, if rough around the edges, production together. Is life just a poet‘s dreams, a madman‘s ravings, a not-so-successful lawyer’s mutterings or another of the forty characters‘ expositions? There are no answers only expressionistic challenges that demand a lot of an audience’s concentration. A dream to think about ….

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