Play: Abducted
Reviewer: Nick Strange
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This critique may be about me, but will someone explain what alien abduction,
writer's block, and lesbianism have in common? It's not that I'm anti any
of the above, I just don't understand
Play: abducted
Reviewer: leaf bear
Reviewer Email: leafsunbear@yahoo.com
Rating: 3 Stars
very well directed. acting was also very exceptional. the story for me was
so so. that is why I give it three stars . this may be due to my preconceived
notions from what I read in the fringe mag. The ideas of multiple personaily
disorder substituting the person that saved her in the woods with that of
an alien in her husbands image. just not what I was looking for. Also the
stuff abo ut wanting her "abducter"/savior to rape her. WTF! also
the venue was not so great .. off market theater did not hold to the fringe
rules. they let a person after the show had started and the guy that sold
us tickets told us to go up stairs and be seated only that when tryed to
they sent us back downstairs . very unprofesional. I would suggest only
if you are ready to watch a person dive into their own dark corners...
Play: Abducted
Reviewer: Dan
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Rating: 5 Stars
This show has a rich, surprising, and disjointed script that is carefully
staged to accentuate the themes of sexuality, identity, imagination, and
trauma through the vehicle of an alien abduction. The play is at turns tender
and bizarrely jarring -- entertaining, thought-provoking, and subtle. I
recommend it highly and in addition think it would stand up well to a second
viewing.
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Reviewer: Pauline
Reviewer Email: Abducted
Rating: 5 Stars
Amazing! Definitely a must see!
Play: Abducted
Reviewer: Josh
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Rating: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed this play. I has a very elegant set of themes that mix
sexuality with control, science with art and the real with the unimaginable.
The acting and directing are superb - Gilley and her actors are clearly
a well-oiled team, and seem to effortlessly handle a script that would be
a challenge for most theatre companies. In particular the balance of the
emotional, visceral humanity and, well, alien-ness of it all is beautifully
struck in this respect as well as in the stunning videography. I'd highly
reccomend this to anyone who likes to think in the theatre.
Play: Abducted
Reviewer: Evren
Reviewer Email: evrenodcikin@yahoo.com
Rating: 5 Stars
Great show that takes a personal approach to an alien abduction story. It's
as much about a relationship between a man and a woman as it's about aliens.
The non-linear storyline keeps folding onto itself revealing beautiful tidbits
of everyday struggles, horrifying secrets and the psychology of being captured
and detained. The show was beautifully acted throughout. Not crazy about
the video sequences, but I especially LOVED the voice over seduction sections.
If you -like me- don't care too much for the one-man comedy hour format
that most Fringe shows are taking and like good, experimental theatre, this
is the show to see! |