City Of Voices – ‘waiting, meeting, chasing… the station’
This was a charming collection of stories all interwoven around a platform at a train station. The program tells us that the stories are often autobiographical. The poignancy one feels at some of the skits surely is indicative of this.
The actors are a collection of characters, each unique and engaging from first sight. The costumes enhance but the faces are the tellers here.
The stories told range from little stories of childhood romances long lost but still haunting; raps about someone at London Central Station: ‘gotta get back where my kids are at’; a thief taking advantage of the frippery ladies drunken with their liberally laced tea and a story of lovers, the lady of which is kidnapped and tied to the train track in a classic story we are reminded of that is set in sepia tones in our memory. Her lover wins her freedom (with a much larger gun!) and the sweethearts reunite.
The simple tales are played out with heartfelt emotion and a sincerity that touches. A guaranteed smile will accompany the end of this play, believe me.
This was a charming collection of stories all interwoven around a platform at a train station. The program tells us that the stories are often autobiographical. The poignancy one feels at some of the skits surely is indicative of this.
The actors are a collection of characters, each unique and engaging from first sight. The costumes enhance but the faces are the tellers here.
The stories told range from little stories of childhood romances long lost but still haunting; raps about someone at London Central Station: ‘gotta get back where my kids are at’; a thief taking advantage of the frippery ladies drunken with their liberally laced tea and a story of lovers, the lady of which is kidnapped and tied to the train track in a classic story we are reminded of that is set in sepia tones in our memory. Her lover wins her freedom (with a much larger gun!) and the sweethearts reunite.
The simple tales are played out with heartfelt emotion and a sincerity that touches. A guaranteed smile will accompany the end of this play, believe me.
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