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Songs For The Deaf Freshtack Productions North South Dining Room, Fringehub Until Sun 14 March Freshtrack productions, who gave us Fringe favourite, The Return by Reg Cribb, last Fringe, now have three productions for us, one being Songs For The Deaf. Written by Adelaide's Caleb Lewis, Songs For The Deaf is three contempory short plays set in familiar territory such as Sydney and Adelaide. The opening play is Bunny, a duologue with Andrew Brackman as 'Bear' and Romy Loor as "Rabbit'. On stage we see two characters dressed in furry animal costumes, a rabbit and a bear, listening to the sounds of waves crashing on the beach. The absurd situation is the atmosphere for a realistic emotional scene between two young characters who have met tonight by chance. Loor was subtle and undercut her character with precision. Although slower in pace and energy than the other two plays and perhaps belonged as act two rather than act one, Bunny was beautiful piece of writing on its own. Play two was The Half Windsor, with Roman Vaculik as 'Man' and writer Caleb Lewis as 'Bum'. This short sharp and shiny number was quick to place you into the scene. The actors worked well with each other and the script was a very interesting power play between a bum and a professional. I felt the scene was a little too short as I was just getting into the situation and enjoying the to and fro of who I was empathising with as they argued between themselves. The best was saved 'til last - Rockey Baby, with Roberta Tyrrell as 'Becca'. Tyrrell was completely charismatic depicting a ten year old Becca who likes to play netball, go to school and watch Toni Pearen on Australia's Funniest Home Video Show. The innocence of Becca's sad story is beautiful as she tells it to Toni and us all. Tyrrell has the audience captivated and her control of the text was riveting within the absurdity of the. The ending came on a bit quickly and the lights came up too soon, not allowing the audience time to hold the final image. The production as a whole was was well crafted, with each story more than strong enough to be on its own. |
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