By Donal O’Kelly. Presented by Arts Projects Australia. Irish Theatre Showcase - Fishamble New Play Company. The GC. Feb 23 2016

 

Two chairs. Two actors. A spectacular experience.

 

Perhaps with a nod to Joyce, this is a piece of absolutely splendid writing by Donal O'Kelly.

It's a thriller in which an Irish thief and a Scottish nun team up to elude the Nigerian baddies and deliver the crucial evidence to the right man in Dublin.

 

It is fast and furious. It is darkly funny. It is a pertinent comment on corporate power and corruption.

 

Sorcha Fox and Donal O'Kelly play the two heroes along with the myriad goodies and baddies encountered along the way. They are consummate actors. They devour the immense script with an intense focus which keeps the audience riveted. Their considerable stage skills simply carry one along on the narrative, believing absolutely in the bumpy car and the wild ride in the night, the villains and weirdos they encounter, the danger and, at times, the folly.

 

One loves them both. It is a great story with wonderful characters. It is a ripper yarn very well told.

 

It is one of those glorious works which reminds one why it is one so loves the theatre.

 

*****

Samela Harris

 

When: 23 Feb to 13 Mar

Where: The GC

Bookings: adelaidefringe.com.au