ScotsGay Magazine

***

This one-man performance by Adam Harvey displays amazing skill and energy. "Think less about what you're not understanding than what you're experiencing," he says in the programme. He covers an amazing amount of text in 75 minutes - he comes on like a storm and rarely relents, which can be a problem. Inevitably, I found a particular word or phrase resonated with me and then I'd miss a couple of lines. It was a performance of intense physicality - plenty of stimulated piss and shit. I'm not entirely convinced that, even with Adam Harvey's great skill, commitment and energy, Shem the penman can become Shem the voiceman. Adam admits that this is only an interpretation and that you may have your own. So perhaps we should each pick up the book and recite it in our own way.

Tony Challis

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