Goats: The Aftermath
Production: The Comedy of the Tragic Goats
Company: Cake Theatrical Productions
Full review coming from: Matthew Lyon
If you are serious about theatre - watching it, creating it, studying it - then the explosive Comedy of the Tragic Goats simply cannot be missed. This is theatre, this is art - which lives, breathes and stands before you daring you to call it by any other name.
Audience members who are not regular theatre-goers should not be intimidated though. There are no words used in this 75-minute production but director Mohd Fared Jainal's ferocious vision of a dystopian world, created onstage as a carnival of sets, props, costumes, light, sound, dance choreography and physical theatre movement, is a gripping work that puts a knife to your throat and simply demands your attention. It shocks, disturbs and amuses, never letting up till the very end. It is not surprising that Fared, an experienced designer, has such a flair for visual impact but, for a new director, he shows a particularly impressive understanding of pacing and the building of momentum.
Credit for the success of the play must also be given to actors Muhammad Najib Bin Soiman (bijaN) and Rizman Putra who demonstrate monstrous skill and endurance in challenging roles that are physically exhausting and require them to take on everything from playful clowns to horrifically violent sadists.
Easily the best play I've seen this year.
4.5 out of 5, Kenneth Kwok, 20 Aug 2009
Taken from Inkpot Theatre Review
Company: Cake Theatrical Productions
Full review coming from: Matthew Lyon
If you are serious about theatre - watching it, creating it, studying it - then the explosive Comedy of the Tragic Goats simply cannot be missed. This is theatre, this is art - which lives, breathes and stands before you daring you to call it by any other name.
Audience members who are not regular theatre-goers should not be intimidated though. There are no words used in this 75-minute production but director Mohd Fared Jainal's ferocious vision of a dystopian world, created onstage as a carnival of sets, props, costumes, light, sound, dance choreography and physical theatre movement, is a gripping work that puts a knife to your throat and simply demands your attention. It shocks, disturbs and amuses, never letting up till the very end. It is not surprising that Fared, an experienced designer, has such a flair for visual impact but, for a new director, he shows a particularly impressive understanding of pacing and the building of momentum.
Credit for the success of the play must also be given to actors Muhammad Najib Bin Soiman (bijaN) and Rizman Putra who demonstrate monstrous skill and endurance in challenging roles that are physically exhausting and require them to take on everything from playful clowns to horrifically violent sadists.
Easily the best play I've seen this year.
4.5 out of 5, Kenneth Kwok, 20 Aug 2009
Taken from Inkpot Theatre Review
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