Friday, July 15, 2011

Purgatorio

It is quite difficult to describe this play - moving, complex, mind blowing....totally absorbing!

Terry Norton and Dawid Minnaar were magnificent in the way that they seamlessly changed characters, appearance and roles from the soul searching for clemency to the interrogator driving the deep introspection needed to escape the room and "them". Slowly the audience becomes aware of the terrible events that brought them to purgatory - the passions and self interest that is so much part of us all. What is fascinating is watching the knife turn as each facade is stripped away and how we rebel against self awareness.

I sat there breathless hanging on each word not sure how it would play out. It is an intense drama but well worth every second

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