I (Honestly) Love You
Written and
directed by Damon Lockwood
Designed by
Cherie Hewson
With Jimmie
James Eaton, George Gayfer, Talie Howell-Price and Damon Lockwood
Blue Room
Theatre
17 May – 2
June
Les Affreux
Written and
directed by Wade K Savage
Designed by
Alana Starcevich
With Ethan
Thomas, Caris Eves, Rina Frieberg, Nick Pages-Oliver and Nina Deasley
Blue Room
Theatre
24 May – 9
June
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| Damon Lockwood |
Damon
Lockwood is a clever, funny guy, and his little rom-com, I (Honestly Love You),
is him all over.
Two people meet and fall in love, but have a congenital
inability to lie. Comic complications ensue. It’s a good idea – so good it’s
been used in various permutations in scripts, especially very popular film
scripts, since Bob Hope’s Nothing But the Truth in 1941. The
similarity diminishes and dates this production.
For all
that, I (Honestly Love You) is a witty and often audacious piece. It’s performed
well by Jimmie James Eaton and George Gayfer as the candour-crossed lovers,
with Lockwood and Talie Howell-Price supporting them as an assortment of
parents and mates. Lockwood, who also directs, cleverly gives Eaton and Gayfer's Lloyd and Belle a
three-dimensional treatment that sets them apart from the others,
who are played more as types than characters.
Les
Affreux, the earlier show at the Blue Room, is the stage debut of filmmaker
Wade K Savage.
Savage
approaches his writing and direction like a filmmaker, but on the stage,
without editing suites and instant scene changes, he founders in the attempt.
To be fair, there have been plenty of theatre writers and directors who’ve hit
similar rocks going the other way.
Link here to the complete review in The West Australian
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