On the fly and off the cuff, Raptorjesus42’s genre switches challenged and responded to challenge from Lebo Sibul’s growling, ringing guitar. Over the course of the Fringe their stage style has evolved as much as their sound, fashion and technique gelling and morphing over time from pop to techno, upbeat then uptempo.
It’s a rainy Friday evening outside the Hippodrome, and a crowd has gathered inside Ratas&Kohv, a…
Course leader Jüri Nael introduces the performances by explaining to the non-native speakers that läbu suggests, in Estonian, a post-party mess; these are more works in progress, but representative of where the student-artists are in the middle of that mess-making.
Director Tanel Saar and choreographer Hanna Maria Saar have delivered a compelling performance – a nuanced narrative which holds the audience captive through rushes of anime-style fight scenes which bend time and somehow cinematically pan or zoom in on a humorously pained expression, to intimate scenes reminiscent of Frantic Assembly’s weaving contact movement style…
In a show as simple as it is expansive, we travel with Wickens through time and philosophy as he draws comparisons across simulation theory, religion, weed delivery, dog ownership, and more, “softly blowing” our minds with his insights and contemplations.
This show is excellent for an array of spectators, appealing to experienced connoisseurs of comedy to those who just want to dip a toe into the scene.