Touchstone Theatre
Kicked
by Michael Healey
Until February 4th
at the Blinding Light Cinema (36 Powell St.)
Tix & Info: 689-0926
KICKED: CONFUSING MYSTERY
by Ed Farolan
I think what confused me most about this mystery play is
the fact that it was a one-man show. And when only one person performs
a number of characters, the tendency is to get confused.
The show was 45 minutes long and it tells
of an 11-year old girl who disappears on her way home from school. Now
we have Donald Adams playing
five different characters: the man who appears in a hospital emergency
room, having been kicked in the balls really, really hard. Then
comes another character, a detective who hears voices that lead him
to a shoe salesman
(another character); then a tortured doctor, and finally, a philosophizing
bus driver.
When one gets a barrage of characters coming
in and out, the tendency is to get confused. The mystery gets
more complicated, and this complexity makes it difficult for an audience
to absorb.
From an artistic point of view, however, I
think Adams did a good job playing the different characters. I just wished that the plot wasn't too
complicated, especially for a 45-minute piece like this one.
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