1984 at Greenway Court Theatre

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

"...The familiar story of enforced illogic and outlawed morality under oppression is perhaps best experienced inside a mob. This show is harrowing, funny, sexy, brilliantly cast, imaginatively staged, realized by an excellent team of designers including JR Bruce (set and props), Bo Tindell (lights) and Jesse Mandapat (sound and music direction). Jopson's decision to put live musicians onstage is insufficiently explored, and so is the interactive component, which rather peters out as the show progresses. But the music itself (Lizzie Edwards, violin; Abbie Huxley, guitar) is extremely helpful, and if the production has an energy dip at the usual hour-and-change mark, it picks up again within a minute or two."