A vital environmental message so covert, you might miss it.
The New Theatre, Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Sep 21-24
A quick review of A Sinkhole in Guatemala by Sarah Gordon coming up after the jump ...
It takes tremendous trust for an audience to see a
production that’s unrehearsed. Sarah Gordon’s new play depends on a guest actor
each night (Steve Blount on this occasion, uncertainly clued in or clueless) to
tell the story of a sinkhole that appears in a Guatemalan woman’s bedroom.
The problem is beyond local emergency services; the sinkhole
starts widening to engulf South America! Meanwhile, Blount is involved in
curious gags involving eating a banana, going on an errand to by Coke, and
making tea. As theatrical treatise against unfair trade and environmental
degradation go, this one’s pretty stealthy.
Gordon’s tactic is to show a sad picture of an Earth
depopulated, while placing emphasis on the importance of the audience to witness it.
Whether you take the pro-environmental message or not when you leave is down is
anyone’s guess. This vital message is so covert, you’d nearly miss it.
What did everybody else think?
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