Monday, October 12, 2009

"Terminus" (Abbey Theatre @ Malthouse)

"Terminus" is a verse play comprised of a series of monologues, delivered in turn by three figures who stand and are spotlit each time it's their turn to speak, unspooling a dizzying tale of violence, compassion, car chases, transcendent sex, the obscene and the lyrical, and souls literally sold to the devil, here performed by a very strong trio of actors from the Irish Abbey Theatre (Kate Brennan, Andrea Irvine, Karl Shiels) and given a simple, evocative staging which brings out both the play's visceral and human elements and its more metaphysical urges. Extremely impressive.

(w/ Ruth and Hayley - part of MIAF)