Our first weekend of Machinal had some wonderful reviews! You have four more chances to see what audiences are calling a “fascinating and unique theatre experience!” Check out what people are saying about this avant-garde piece on social media!
Want to hear what the official critics say?
Excerpt from Daniel Shock’s review on A Seat on the Aisle: “I’ll confess: the first half left me uneasy, and not in the good way. The dialogue felt mechanical, the pacing relentless, the repetitions almost unnatural. Then the second half began, and suddenly the discomfort made sense. The unease wasn’t a flaw; it was the point. For a time, the audience isn’t simply watching Helen’s story. We are trapped inside her head.”
Excerpt from Jay Harvey’s review on Jay Harvey Upstage: “The 1928 play by Sophie Treadwell is worth the expressionist revival that Southbank Theatre Company gives it through next Sunday at Shelton Auditorium. The theatrical style, conscientiously shepherded here under Marcia Eppich-Harris’ direction, means that the feeling of events, especially protagonist-centered, is as important as the facts involved. There’s no separation between what happens to the main character and how she processes her experience, symbolized and dream-linked as it is.“
Excerpt from Plays with John and Wendy: “With dialogue often in patter that anticipates beat poetry and hip-hop, and the haunting jazzy Chorus who could be echoes of the press, a jury, or just city folk of the Roaring Twenties who read-all-about-it, this drama flows like a well-told story, reaching out to the frustrated soul within us, reminding us that the machinery is ever turning. […] Regarded as one of the greatest plays of the 20th century – with much to say in the 21st[…]”
We’d love to see you at Shelton Auditorium this weekend! Thursday and Friday at 7:30, Saturday Matinee at 4:00, Sunday Matinee at 2:00. Tickets at the door (cheaper!) or online through Butler’s Ticketmaster site.
Pictures by Indy Ghost Light
Costumes by Dramatic Images
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