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     Ewan McNay (Ewan) Senior Member Username: Ewan Post Number: 40 Registered: 7-2002 |
Wow. The recipe: take one already-well-crafted, infectious and sparkling show. Shake, gently, with three creative talents. Add in a generous dose of increased self-belief* and simmer for a year or so. Makes: one expanding masterpiece. [*That's just my amateur psychoanalysis. Worth what you paid for it ;)] We - Jenny, Aidan, and I - dragged half a dozen friends to see the (free!) Striking 12 gig at the Greenwich arts center. The worst thing about this? That not enough others came. A handful of other PPs - Pete, Bev, the Kowalskis (good to meet you guys) - but very few new folk. The loss was Greenwich's. I had not seen S12 since the CD-recording show, maybe a year ago; I was amazed at two things: first, how much it's changed (sign of perfectionists at work!); second, how much it's *improved*. That was unexpected. But the show now resembles more of a vintage wine: with a little bottle-aging, it's acquiring deeper depths of nuance, more subtlety, more sureness of content. More humour, too - touches like the addition of Sartre (sorry, you'll have to see it to understand) or my favourite tossed-off line, a pun on 'a sconce'/askance, that is almost lost in the background. Whee! {Oh, OK, this would not be me if there were not still areas for improvement - the biggest for me is Brendan's closing song, after realising the story's finale; that one still feels a little weak in comparison, and I believe that the line '...goes up to heaven to hang out with Gene' ended up being cut, which I regretted.} I mentioned increased self-belief; it did feel as though there was more willingness to believe that the audience would follow, additional surety that instincts are correct, willingness to play and have fun. Could be Mose - could be the increased theatre and stability - could be my imagination.. Ca suffit. Next time you can see this it'll probably cost you $60 each. We few got a superb venue, wonderful acoustics, free cookies (!), and an evening of delight. Good job, guys. Oh, and apparently there *will* be an updated CD release; that should make us all very happy. |
