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Skeptic Lawrence Leung The Trapeze Lounge - The Garden of Unearthly Delights Until Sun 14 March Most teenage boys have pictures of scantily clad fantasy battle maidens or sporting icons upon their walls. Lawrence Leung had pictures of the brooding, smouldering spoon-bending psychic Uri Geller. Leung's failed attempt to bend spoons has helped generate a lifelong interest in the supernatural as well as a healthy dose of skepticism. Skeptic is the result of this interest. Leung introduces us to the reasons behind his skepticism and then takes us on his quest to debunk himself; he must find a ghost or least communicate with the dead. He takes us to the most haunted crypt in the most haunted graveyard in the most haunted city in the most haunted country (Bloody MacKenzie's crypt in Edinburgh) armed only with a Monsters Inc jigsaw. He sleeps in the most haunted room in the most haunted castle only to be disturbed by fellow Australian Backpackers. He secures tickets to cross over down under with John Edwards ('so queer eye for the dead guy'). He finds that Santa and his parents all come on Christmas Eve. He receives advice from his mother. His stories are wrapped in honesty, wry observation and originality. This enables him to pick flaws in his targets, superstitions and beliefs, without ever appearing arrogant. Throughout Skeptic we treated to experiments that showcase Leung's creativity - with the rake experiment being a particular highlight. These are mixed with one-liners, wistful musings and the occasional tricky sleight of mind that complete the show. Skeptic allows Leung to traverse a range of personal and social philosophical and spiritual questions without pontification or cynicism. It gives use reason to adhere to skepticism but also raises doubts. Skeptic is a story of the search for meaning in life; like life it has its good bits and bad. It is flawed but moving, simultaneously a funny and serious show. |
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