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Pictures: Hugo Glendinning To Move in Time The Door, Birmingham Rep ***** Writer Tim Etchell’s performance-piece
introduces us to the performer Tyrone Huggins, who immediately held us
spellbound for this thought provoking and entertaining monologue. The most challenging thing an author can ask of
his actor is to break through the fourth-wall and speak directly to the
audience. It takes a huge amount of courage and technique to do this,
and many actors find it impossible to effectively achieve. However, Tyrone engaged the whole audience
immediately, and we were instantly hooked by his warm, dry and charming
personality. The premise of this piece is for the actor to
ponder on the possibility of time travel. He shares with us his thoughts
and the many possibilities of what that time travel might entail. He
ruminates on being able to go back into the past and change things for
the good. How he might prevent an accident or prevent people from making
foolish decisions. He also looks to the future and wonders if he could
prevent disasters and calamities.
Finding rime to hear te thoughts of Tyrone Huggins There is much humour in his ideas, and the
audience was entranced and amused at some of the more outrageous
proposals. As a result we were totally in his hands and
under his power, and we embraced his character with genuine affection. At times there were darker moments, where he
explored some of the possible consequences of his actions. And with the use of his excellent technique,
Tyrone was able to create thoughtful and sombre moments, and we were
forced to consider whether this gift would be a boon or a curse. His constant, incessant thinking process often
became quite manic as he shared his frenetic stream of thinking, and one
did wonder at times if he may be on some kind of spectrum, and that his
ability to time travel might be a curse rather than a gift. And we
empathised that he might need some peace from such an overactive brain. Overall, this was a stunning, not-to-missed piece of theatre, with not only beautiful writing, but also the chance to see an outstanding and technically perfect performance. To 24-05-24. Jonathan Owen 21-05-24 |
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