Review: Cathy
When: 17th-20th and 22nd-26th August at 15:30
Where: Pleasance Dome (Venue 23)
Ben's review:
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I'm giving this a good score as a piece of emotional theatre. It really does bring home the difficulties and frailties of being in that position. And the legislative theatre at the end will be a really useful tool (if a good crowd is involved). There are a couple of elements I'd have liked to see explored further ( humanisation of council staff and preventative action before eviction) but there is only so much time and this is a pressure group piece so I will forgive that.
The Girlfriend's review:
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Cathy is a story that needs to be told. Marking the company's 25th anniversary, the strong four person cast tells the heartbreaking story of Cathy's journey through the housing system. I was close to tears at some points as Cathy Owen, in the title role, perfectly showed a mother's desperation to keep a roof over her daughter's head. This play was concluded with 'Legislative theatre' - a chance for the audience to put forward their own ideas to improve housing. It was interesting to hear the audiences ideas on how they feel the situation can be improved. Some ideas felt very unrealistic in my mind, but I suppose sometimes to find solutions you have to open your mind to expansive thinking.
The idea behind this performance was to get people talking and we spent the rest of the afternoon discussing what we saw and how we think the circumstances could be improved!
Where: Pleasance Dome (Venue 23)
Ben's review:
🌟🌟🌟🌟
I'm giving this a good score as a piece of emotional theatre. It really does bring home the difficulties and frailties of being in that position. And the legislative theatre at the end will be a really useful tool (if a good crowd is involved). There are a couple of elements I'd have liked to see explored further ( humanisation of council staff and preventative action before eviction) but there is only so much time and this is a pressure group piece so I will forgive that.
The Girlfriend's review:
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Cathy is a story that needs to be told. Marking the company's 25th anniversary, the strong four person cast tells the heartbreaking story of Cathy's journey through the housing system. I was close to tears at some points as Cathy Owen, in the title role, perfectly showed a mother's desperation to keep a roof over her daughter's head. This play was concluded with 'Legislative theatre' - a chance for the audience to put forward their own ideas to improve housing. It was interesting to hear the audiences ideas on how they feel the situation can be improved. Some ideas felt very unrealistic in my mind, but I suppose sometimes to find solutions you have to open your mind to expansive thinking.
The idea behind this performance was to get people talking and we spent the rest of the afternoon discussing what we saw and how we think the circumstances could be improved!
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