by David Greig
The National Theatre
of Scotland
Directed by Wils
Wilson
Composer and musical
director Alasdair Macrae
With Annie Grace, Melody Grove, Alasdair Macrae, Paul
McCole and David McKay
Little Creatures Loft and The Melbourne Hotel until February 24 (waiting list only)
Last year you could
still get a ticket to The National Theatre of Scotland’s pulverising Beautiful
Burnout deep into the season. No such luck this time. The company’s third visit
to the Perth Festival, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, already has a
waiting list, and it’s going to get very, very long.
The rush is, in part,
because of the company’s well-earned reputation here, and because the festival’s
publicity promised “rip-roaring action” set, and performed, in a bar, and
that’s bound to pull Perth punters.
The good news, for
those of you holding tickets, is that Prudencia Hart delivers all that’s
promised for it, and a whole lot besides.
