This intense, hilarious, and unsettling romp satirically literalises the madness of the ‘80s capitalist fever-dream that birthed the nightmare of the increasingly iniquitous world we are now living in.
Connection to community is displayed in all its glory, with tears, laughter and a band that satisfies on every level.
Employing a minimal cast and set, garnering maximum momentum from the first words uttered, SHIT is cutting-edge theatre – succinct, provocative, evocative, packing a punch from the moment the three actors set foot upon the stage.
Practical politics and current events fuse in Joseph K, Tom Basden’s absurdist dystopian farce modelled on Franz Kafka’s The Trial.
Unfortunately for all the other actors in the show, the titanic pillars of Newman and Weaving cast such long shadows, not only by the strength of their stellar performances, but by the sheer percentage of the script’s lines they monopolise between them.
A wet Bluesy may dampen the clothes but it never dampens the spirit: a memory could be made in a moment like this.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead. So too is Hamlet. Watch your back, Horatio. Fortinbras is the new Prince of Denmark.
The Genesian Theatre is the right and fitting company to stage this heartfelt homage to Nick Enright as he was a member of the theatre early in his career.