Tag: stage
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REVIEW: Dissection Putain de Folle

The date is March 6th. I do a show at the Espérance Theatre in Geneva; a light comedy about a woman who takes a weather channel hostage, but – as it turns out – it’s part of a Candid Camera sort of thing. A boilerplate comedy – with the actual national weatherman on stage –…
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REVIEW: Le Pays Lointain

Modern art – especially the abstract kind – is not my cup of tea, I confess, but I do respect it. I think it is important. When we are faced with the bizarre, the absurd, the incomprehensible, we have a gut reaction, and that reaction tells us something about ourselves. This – I believe –…
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REVIEW: The Play That Goes Wrong

Critiquing a West End show – especially one as accomplished as The Play That Goes Wrong – definitely gives me “guy on couch criticizing Olympic athletes” vibes. (“HA! You call that a high jump? More like a high CHUMP!”) Nonetheless, here we go. The Play The Goes Wrong is a slapstick farce by Mischief Theatre…