ScotsGay Magazine

****

This show is split into three parts. The first is a re-enactment of a computer game featuring two female freedom fighters. There was a lot of Shakespearean gender confusion going on and a deliberate aim to break gender stereotypes, and very talented sword and staff fighting. I felt the acting in parts over-dramatic, and although the panto-type acting was probably what they were going for, I felt it detracted from the show somewhat. The second part of the show was the highlight for me, superb from start to finish. It featured Daniel Defoe, who was writing a pirate novel about the deaths of pirates Anne Bonnie and Mary Reid. Two fit ladies in Victorian underwear fighting expertly with cutlasses and whips delved into various endings for the novel giving the opportunity for lots of pseudo-sexual girl-on-girl fighting. The third part was a Laurel-&-Hardy-esque silent mime to piano music and it was interesting to see the performers manage to put so many different acting and dancing styles into the one performance. Overall this show was terrific and I hope to see it again before the festival ends

Jodi Fleming

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