ScotsGay Magazine

**

What is one out for from theatre? If technical brilliance and the inventive use of a set then this is the show for you. It also shows how much modern technology allows a single actor on stage to achieve. I also knew it was in Spanish with subtitles and it is a credit to the production that only what seemed like 10% of the dialogue was translated yet that was enough to get the meaning across. The set was originally the Atlantic Ocean, then a balcony of a peasant shack, the roof of the foyer of the New World Building, and a swimming pool.

This is the story of Polonio (Thaddeus Phillips), who leaves his village to become a doorman in Bogata, or does he? His story is so bizarre it is more like that of a soap opera. His mother turns out to be a resident in the building where he works who believes her twin sons died on a boat with their father, and so on. However what was it trying to tell me? I'm glad I saw it because I'm always interested to see what can be achieved with new media. However, call me old fashioned, but I really like a good story well told and this wasn't it.

Martin Powell

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