Review of The Demon
 | "On the wild wild side" by Saul Reichlin for remotegoat on 28/03/11 |  |
There is a lack of attention to detail here and there, eg a Rabbi conducting a marriage service wearing neither skull cap nor prayer shawl, but as usual there is great energy from this company and passionate performances all round. Most moving were Robin Jordan as the driven, tragic Aaron/Demon and Marusiya Kalinina as the beautiful, manipulated Sarah. Battling demons from without and within, hers is a powerful portrayal of conflicting emotional and sexual grasping, the essence of Singer. Titania and Bottom this isn't, and although there is something of the panto beast in this demon for whom Sarah yearns, it only heightens the sense of pity for her, and relief that one is not oneself so in thrall to the grotesque. Maybe.
The production knocks on the door of powerful tragi-comedy, and it is to be hoped that this dedicated company will achieve the support it deserves.
| Event Venues & Times | |
| finished | Lord Stanley | 51 Camden Park Road, Camden, London, NW1 9BH |
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