tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post115508439833874938..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: More ThingsAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1155109043701078592006-08-09T17:37:00.000+10:002006-08-09T17:37:00.000+10:00Funnily enough, at the last edit, before hitting t...Funnily enough, at the last edit, before hitting the publish button, I deleted a remark about Dykstra looking like a rabbit in the headlights. A bit cruel, I thought. But he looked rattled at the performance I saw. <BR/><BR/>There was only one person laughing in the entire theatre -- a persistent chuckler who found the lighting changes amusing -- and everyone else was nonplussed. <BR/><BR/>AtChris Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18215203610745043810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1155099887230297652006-08-09T15:04:00.000+10:002006-08-09T15:04:00.000+10:00Quite, Born Dancin' - I usually take it as a good ...Quite, Born Dancin' - I usually take it as a good sign when a work provokes such differing responses!Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1155098164302833472006-08-09T14:36:00.000+10:002006-08-09T14:36:00.000+10:00Hmmm...I haven't seen Beckett yet, but I read the ...Hmmm...I haven't seen Beckett yet, but I read the script a while back and was bowled over. Can see how both your reaction and Chris' are quite possible, and could probably comfortably co-exist. Which is partially why I was so impressed by the piece, which is so far from the grating literalism of so much new Australian theatre.Born Dancin'https://www.blogger.com/profile/04511582990120568825noreply@blogger.com