athena mazarakis – Just in Time. photo © christo doherty
I went to catch the student production of Athena’s new physical theatre piece last night, Just in Time. The critic in me has to start by saying that most of the “movements were unfinished.” It’s funny cuz this is what my wife, an ex-ballerina, says about a lot of dancers in general, claiming that you need to learn how to speak with your entire body first, before you can disregard portions of it. When I say this, I mean it conceptually.
But my saying this is meant to be a compliment, in that it’s so rare I see a piece of theatre that attempts, and even begins to engage in, such interesting concepts. Almost every scene enthralled me, and heightened my curiosity in seeing the journeys they would take me on – in and around an exploration of time, and our relationship to it. Oh, and it had a lot of funny bits, too :)
Is it also really fair that I couldn’t help but compare it to the best theatre piece I’ve ever seen (simply because of a similar subject matter — by the way, I’m speaking of Mnemonic, by Theatre de Complicite)? This is a student production, after all, so probably not….
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