Walking into Nowhere Fast —with its tagline: “The insecure alpha male. The hysterical office slut. The unhinged incel. The cool girl” — you know you are about to witness a hectic dynamic.
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I take a deep, frustrated breath when people refer to others in the theatre as ‘family’: why are we a family? Through what process or context, do friends, perhaps strangers at first, get to the big F-word label?
It’s like a night in with that sophisticated friend who you only see on rare occasions.
Little touches like “tomorrow gives me no time to prepare”, mention of knafeh, the hometown of Ipoh, checking if necessary to take off shoes at entrance, and sitting on cushions enhanced the play with cultural details.
Following The Academe Dream through SUDS’ time-travelling musical about student journalism.
Heat Lightning burns with intensity and emotion, with a cast of universally strong performances full of humour and vivacity that elevate Cardis and Johns’ direction.
MILFs. Sandworms. Arguably incestuous love triangles mediated by shotgun. Arracket did it all.
Dreams? Captured. Corporations? Stealing. Grief? Puzzling. Puppets? Puppets.
While there are moments where Machinal is just as hilarious as it is panic inducing, this SUDS production will get beneath your skin.
Creativity, femininity, and mental illness collide on a stage that would make Susan Sontag proud.
