Theatre Company: Shoreside Theatre
Writer: Various
Director: Various
Cast: Various
Location: Theatreworks Theatre (Birkenhead)

Synopsis (from the flyer) and Thoughts:

• This production was a smorgasbord of the following four plays:
• Shadows (Written by Josephine Carter, Directed by Martin van Lersel and Starring Tracey van Lent, Toni Austin, Victoria van Raalte, Antony van lersel, Alan Curtis, Kahurangi Carter and Steven Jury) - Intriguing tale that kept the audience in suspense until the full picture was revealed. Solid and convincing performances.
• Cupid’s Bane (Written by Mike Borgfeldt, Directed by James Bell and Starring Melissa Roberts, Lauren McLean, Ryan Dulieu and Ben Wright) - Interesting premise whereby cupid competes against his imaginary nemesis “George”.
• Foreplay (Written by David Ives, Directed by Katharine Hair and Starring Ryan Dulieu, Natalie Braid, Ben Wright, Toni Tippett, Frank Wolfkamp and Caitlin Ivory) - Clever idea of a sequence of men using standard set of “lines” in an attempt to win over women on a mini-golf green. I think this probably worked better in theory than in practice.
• Sexual Perversity in Chicago (Written by David Mamet, Directed by Bryan Johnston and Starring Mike Borgfeldt, Blake Henshaw, Caitlin Ivory, Sarah Webster and Michael Murphy) - Was really looking forward to seeing a snippet of this play (which I missed the Oliver Driver production of late the previous year). Wasn’t quite what I expected. Didn’t enjoy this part of the performance at all. I think the main issue was that I found it hard to see any redeeming qualities in the main characters and found it hard to relate to any of the playwright’s observations of human relationships.