Following on to last years critically
acclaimed success of this adaptation of Sartre’s play, for their
10th Anniversary Act Provocateur International are
restaging it once more, this time slightly longer as part of their
contribution to th Fringe 2005.
Three primary characters, Garcin, a South
American editor and maybe traitor played by Andy McQuade, Inez, a
postal worker played by Domaniquue Pannell and Estelle, a
socialite, Nika Khitrova are confined together in Hell, but where
are the torturers?
This is a powerful and graphic
performance from all of the above as the three incarcerates
discover that maybe instruments are not required for the torture
and maybe their personalities and the sexual attraction, and
aversion are all that is required.
I thought that last years production was
powerful, but I hadn’t been prepared for what was on offer this
year. Okay, for some it may be too graphic and occasionally too
violent, but it is a really strongly directed piece, and the
acting performances are second to none.
*****
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