The Sex Show
04/03/11 19:30
Theatre Company: The Outfit Theatre Co.
Writer: Devised by Outfit Theatre Co.
Director: Joel Herbert (assisted by Andrew Ford)
Cast: Gypsy Kauta, James Jennings, Ema Barton, Joel Herbert, Devlin Bishop, Kate Lumb, Catherine Rood, Matt Baker, Holly Bradfield, Bede Skinner, Jacqui Nauman, Pete Coates, Stefanie Lawrence, Edward Clendon, Toni Rowe, Colin Garlick, Anoushka Klaus, Chris Neels, Sarah Graham.
Location: Galatos
Explores the interrelated stories, and sexual exploits, of several couples and individuals:
This devised production brought together the information that had been gathered from an anonymous survey of 116 people in a cohesive and thoroughly entertaining way. It was great to see such a diverse range of common experiences and issues being dealt with on stage. The only weakness was that, possibly due to the number of parallel threads, key character developments were represented using symbolism. This was slightly unsatisfying. Overall, Outfit theatre company definitely succeeded in their goal of relating with, and engaging, audiences.
Writer: Devised by Outfit Theatre Co.
Director: Joel Herbert (assisted by Andrew Ford)
Cast: Gypsy Kauta, James Jennings, Ema Barton, Joel Herbert, Devlin Bishop, Kate Lumb, Catherine Rood, Matt Baker, Holly Bradfield, Bede Skinner, Jacqui Nauman, Pete Coates, Stefanie Lawrence, Edward Clendon, Toni Rowe, Colin Garlick, Anoushka Klaus, Chris Neels, Sarah Graham.
Location: Galatos
Synopsis:
Explores the interrelated stories, and sexual exploits, of several couples and individuals:
- Alex (Devlin Bishop) and Claire (Kate Lumb) - A married couple who are dealing with the fallout of her rape.
- Cole (Colin Garlick) and Sophia (Anoushka Klaus) - A confident talkshow host, getting lessons on handjob technique, who is not happy about having to compete for her boyfriend’s attention.
- Joe (Bede Skinner) and Ally (Jacqui Nauman) - A philandering and thoughtless All Black and his long-suffering fiancee. He is so thoughtless that he takes a phone call in the middle her spectacular striptease!
- Kev (Pete Coates) and Brooke (Stefanie Lawrence) - Nightclubbers, not adverse to a spot of sex in the toilets, who might be ready to give up the one night stands.
- Clark (Matt Baker) and Grace (Holly Bradfield) - A priest, who isn’t a fan of the idea of a play called “The Sex Show” and his sexually inquisitive wife.
- Ross (Chris Neels) and Angie (Sarah Graham) - A young man eventually acts on his long term crush for his “friend” with the help of some male encouragement, alcohol and drugs. Makes the sweetest speech about knowing he was in love because he realised the weak knees (that he saw a doctor about) only happened when she was around.
- Krystal (Toni Rowe) - Uses sex as a way to feel validated until a particularly unsatisfying encounter helps her to realise the ultimate futility of that way of living.
- Josh (Edward Clendon) - A young man who realises he is gay after not finding he is able to “get off” using traditional pornography.
- Celeste (Catherine Rood) - A gorgeous and nubile dancer , who is a few months off being sixteen, with a serious crush on her dance teacher and is determined to have him in spite of the fact that he is married.
Thoughts on this Production:
This devised production brought together the information that had been gathered from an anonymous survey of 116 people in a cohesive and thoroughly entertaining way. It was great to see such a diverse range of common experiences and issues being dealt with on stage. The only weakness was that, possibly due to the number of parallel threads, key character developments were represented using symbolism. This was slightly unsatisfying. Overall, Outfit theatre company definitely succeeded in their goal of relating with, and engaging, audiences.