 Having
recently seen and thoroughly enjoyed Pigeon Man Apocalypse which was written
by William Whitehurst and performed by Act Provocateur International, I
decided to go to see this play by the same combination.
Billy,
Garth Maunders,
bored with teenage pastimes and hanging round shopping malls is
persuaded into joining the US Marines for all the wrong reasons, with a
con pulled by the recruiting officers Marcus Sinclair and Nika Kitrova.
Billy,
once trained and in action falls for Jasmine, Ms Khitrova again, a local
Arab girl and when her brother objects, he kills him, cutting off his
head, which outrages one and all. The story moves to it's conclusion via
for me anyway a rather strange route.
The
acting performances are as always with this company well honed and
directed by Andy McQuade, but if I am being totally honest this was not
as enjoyable as Pigeon Man. I found it hard to believe it had been
written by the same author.
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