REVIEW: Breathing Corpses
Submitted by culturehunter-info on 2 August 2012 - 8:11am
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see website link above for tickets Stooged Theatre’ s premiere of UK writer Laura Wade’s Breathing Corpses was an astounding fly on the wall take on the human psyche and the reactions and emotions of characters to extraordinary situations.
Director Carl Young has succeeded in leading his cast to an outstanding performance with genuine depth and raw honesty.
The opening scene has a young hotel worker (Cassie Hart) talking to a dead body she has just found in the hotel room- setting a theme throughout the play which ties together very diverse characters in an ominous way.
Giverny Lewis, the woman who is dealing with the shock and trauma of finding a body in the park while walking her partner’s dog, delivers an intense performance as she delves into the warped psychology of a female abuser in her relationship.
Her partner portrayed by Mitchell Bourke is pushed to his limits-will he do something he will regret?
Dez Robertson and Rachelle Schmidt, as husband and wife, seem like an ordinary couple but they too are embroiled in the trap of events that will forever change their lives.
The twists and turns keep on coming and it is up to the audience to play detective and figure out each piece of the puzzle.
Can YOU figure out the clues?
The remaining shows are on at the Civic Playhouse, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 8pm with a Saturday matinee at 2pm.
Melinda Latsos
Culture Hunter 1/8/12
Breathing Corpses
Director: Carl Young
Assistant Director: John Wood
Cast: Mitchell Bourke
Zachary Garred
Cassie Hart
Giverny Lewis
Joshua Yager
Dez Robertson
Rachelle Schmidt
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