![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His daughter (Charlotte Nicdao) has become a drug addict and his son (Will McDonald) a dealer – and they’re committing incest into the bargain.Ī performance style so incoherent the actors barely seem to be in the same play. Supporting evidence is all around him: his wife Bettina (Amber McMahon) has taken a lover (Mark Coles Smith) and turned into a corporate Clytemnestra, conniving to have her husband committed to a mental hospital so she can climb the greasy pole herself. When ad exec Harry Joy (Toby Truslove) wakes from a heart attack, the near-death experience convinces him he’s woken up in hell. ![]() The result is turgid, earnest and far too long – a shapeless sack of scenes overstuffed with forced humour, limp caricature and half-hearted meta-theatrics that don’t work because you never suspend your disbelief long enough to forget you’re sitting in an auditorium. It’s a purgatorial (if not quite hellish) experience – not least because Tom Wright’s script muddies exposition, leans towards a novelistic rather than a dramatic approach, and exposes a lack of ease with comedic form. For, as Peter Carey makes abundantly clear in this darkly funny novel, death is sometimes a necessary prelude to real life. 7 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified Tells the story of a man who, recovering from death, is convinced that he is in hell. This stage adaptation could certainly use some seductive advertising copy. Though I honestly didnt go into this with clear expectations, character or plot-wise, apart from the fact that it sounded interesting and odd, Ill admit that. ![]()
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