Ben Moor performs his own one man play in a
style that is both gentle and compelling. It is an exquisitely
written piece full of weird, absurd and comic illusions. The central
character is a writer of biographies who is suffering from
writer’s block, and the story intimately reveals his mental highs
and lows. In the background is a shadowy, enigmatic figure who
footnotes aspects of the writer’s life.
By chance, the writer comes across a
strange piece of music called the ‘Rogers Creation’. Each
individual hearing it has a personal view of what they have heard
even down to hearing different instruments. Even more inexplicable,
the writer receives through the post in an unstamped letter a diary
in which is recorded the events of his life in the year ahead up to
September 22nd. This document is in effect a
pre-autobiography.
As the story unfolds, the writer has to
come to terms with the fact that, whatever he does or whoever he
meets, the event is recorded in the diary. It becomes more comic but
more chilling when he meets three people who have received similar
diaries. To give more details of the mysteries that follow would
spoil the ending.
This play is a satisfying experience. Ben
Moor’s calm, controlled delivery laced with humour maintains the
tension to a conclusion which will give cause for reflection.
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