Friday, July 24, 2009

Balagan Theatre (Seattle) 2008

Balagan Theatre
Seattle, Washington
April-May 2008

Director: Jake Groshong

Fight Director: Kevin Inouye

I think the cast's many bruises were not achieved by makeup. The stage is padded like a wrestling mat, and by the bloody finale, the mat's intersecting jigsaw parts are ripped out in a gratifying mess. There's athletic grace (plus a flash of male nudity and rude gaiety) in the physical shenanigans. But the high points are mostly comic...
Tim Appelo, Seattle Weekly
http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-04-30/arts/sinking-into-strange-lands.php

Actors are occasionally barely clothed, action is nonstop. The audience doesn't know if it should laugh or cry. The stage, at the end, is one of the messiest stages to reset. Clothing is covered with wedding cake and fake blood.
Miryam Gordon, Seattle Gay News
http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews36_18/page24.cfm