Perhaps I'm being unfair to this play, but I thought it was all a bit incoherent. The satirical perspective it takes on the naive optimism embodied by Candide and Pangloss comes through clearly enough, but not much else. Its postmodern tricks are all too familiar - at least inasmuch as it's a Malthouse production - and don't take it any place new; the performers seemed to believe in the play, and there are some heavy hitters amongst them (Barry Otto, Caroline Craig, Alison Whyte, and then of course there's Frank Woodley of 'Lano & -' fame), and there's enough in there that I could go on, but the simple fact is that I didn't take to this one.
(w/ Sunny + a bunch of his friends, and M)
