tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post2856370269881678035..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: Review: Thom Pain/The EisteddfodAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-60600692597105797592007-07-27T13:00:00.000+10:002007-07-27T13:00:00.000+10:00Fine reviews, Ms. C. It's a shame I didn't get to ...Fine reviews, Ms. C. It's a shame I didn't get to see <EM>Thom Pain</EM>. Meanwhile, my review of <EM>The Eisteddfod</EM> is now up as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-51902088220845462642007-07-27T03:49:00.000+10:002007-07-27T03:49:00.000+10:00Comparing the electrocuted dog to a poorly thought...Comparing the electrocuted dog to a poorly thought-out bird was one of my fave parts of Thom Pain. (Another was the line which you quote: "I disappeared in her and she, wondering where I went, left." Youch!) <BR/><BR/>I liked and admired TP for much the same reasons as you, Alison. (I'm still drumming my fingers waiting for <I>my</I> review to hit the presses!) But I fear Eno's play will Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-84499087076685302602007-07-26T18:15:00.000+10:002007-07-26T18:15:00.000+10:00Hi NTG - I guess it's one of the miracles of theat...Hi NTG - I guess it's one of the miracles of theatre going, that two people can go and see exactly the same show - even exactly the same performance - and come out with wildly differing responses. (Watch me and Chris Boyd!) Despite a touching faith in my own experience, I have to confess that I don't believe anyone - even me - is "right". But then, it's not about being "right".Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-35861061597826167932007-07-26T16:18:00.000+10:002007-07-26T16:18:00.000+10:00Seeing these two plays so positively compared and ...Seeing these two plays so positively compared and reviewed together, it felt strange that I felt so similarly about one and so differently about the other. I saw them on consecutive nights, "The Eisteddfod" on the first night, "Thom Pain" on the second. I found "Thom Pain" intelligent, moving, funny, edgy, unsettling. It had occasional flat spots and I could see why it might not be something Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-63700367456135770852007-07-26T08:41:00.000+10:002007-07-26T08:41:00.000+10:00Hey Chris, rereading this in the cold light of daw...Hey Chris, rereading this in the cold light of dawn, I think I mistook your meaning here. I thought you were being a smartypants, quoting the play to diss it. For the record, I didn't see a loveable shaggy mutt either...Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-67498334299736986152007-07-25T22:22:00.000+10:002007-07-25T22:22:00.000+10:00Ah man, you gotta work on those ears of yours, Chr...Ah man, you gotta work on those ears of yours, Chris. Shame about the end, which after all that delicate balance hurt mine - but poorly thought out? What do you mean by that?Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-56951405743550808502007-07-25T18:33:00.000+10:002007-07-25T18:33:00.000+10:00One man's "big, shaggy, lovable-mutt heart" is ano...One man's "big, shaggy, lovable-mutt heart" is another man's "poorly thought-out bird" with "burned open" eyes and "blistered off" paws.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-61185710837115474252007-07-25T04:20:00.000+10:002007-07-25T04:20:00.000+10:00Hi Alison,I completely agree with your point about...Hi Alison,<BR/><BR/>I completely agree with your point about Thom Pain. Nice to see you can put it so eloquently.<BR/><BR/>When I reviewed it last year:<BR/><BR/>http://mirroruptolife.blogspot.com/2006/10/being-unalone-thom-painbased-on.html<BR/><BR/>I said the following:<BR/><BR/>"But aside from the structure, there is even more to discover about this play. Given much of the talk around our Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04845394320537913576noreply@blogger.com