THEATRE INS&OUTS
Monday 26 May 2025
Anna Sokolova
“AN EXPERIMENT… A BREAK THROUGH… MAYBE IT’S A CULT”
REVIEW
THE ANARCHY [1138-53]
It is strange feel on a day when the season is over. What was so dense, present and accessible, and – disappeared into the ether.
For now – setting myself to wait and look forward for the next show, next time to see the work and have a heart warming talk, and feel connected with Tobias @luckytobie and Kerith @unofficialkerithfanclub
Squeezed between two lines of spikes decorated by fairy lights and a highly tense flow of words, an original text translated via earpieces, this performance is set on a black-mirror floor, edged with tall vertical mirrors. There are black and white horror-movie style makeup, gorgeous dresses on Kerith and black outfit with chains on Tobias.
Rumbling music swapped by sounds of large fans, by heavy rock, and then again to an anxious quiet theme, along with brilliant lighting which competent the reflections, dense fog at times, or dramatic moments of high emotional tension.
Perfectly structured to appear unstructured, this performance is designed to be watched, to be overwhelmed, and to be plunged into the cruel history of Anarchy.
It is non-conventional, brave, smart, wordy, dense by facts, loud work made to challenge. It looks polished one minute, showing stitched on the inside the next.
It is one to submerge, to let under the skin, to drop out expectations, and let it flow in.
This is where theatre is an experiment, a break of the traditionally framed theatre.
It rewards back with a deep feeling of satisfaction. Made you feel initiated. Maybe it is a cult ) – then I am in.