Terminus

Today I went to see four shows. The first was Terminus, by Abbey Rd Theatre in Dublin, a series of haunting monologues on a fragmented, picture-framed stage. The performers were all great, hitting the verse and highlighting the poetry but the highlight for me was the male actor, he was just so calm and in control. He really delivered and demanded your attention, kept it quiet and controlled and really brought it. The next play I saw was Fall, commissioned by Traverse theatre company and a co-production with the RSC. Polished script and play but overlong and earnest. It was about politics and a post-apolcalyptic world (sort of) and it was just a bit dank and dark and 'tomorrow is another day!', you know, etc. Great actors though. Third play was Ruhe, which was a German co-production of men chorists and I'm tired so I'll continue this another day.