Philip Cairns
Night Cows is a surrealistic, non-linear, poetic play with a very strong performance from Eleonore Lamothe. Parts of it are in French but the text is mostly English. (The author is Jovette Marchessault, translated into English by Yvonne M. Klein.)
It’s about night creatures, cows and things in the dark and how the sole character interacts with and is influenced by them. The stage is bare except for a single chair and some animal skulls hanging from the ceiling. There is no plot, per se, in this solo play. It’s almost like staged poetry. Parts of it are very sexual but I didn’t find the actual content very engaging.
My mind wandered a fair amount but I was mesmerized by Lamothe! There is not a false note in her performance. Lamothe fully commits to the text both physically and emotionally, incorporating stylized movement with intense emotionalism. She rolls, emotes and twists her body into weird poses, moving around the stage as if it were a modern dance performance, connecting with the audience, looking us in the eye.
I think the text reads better than it plays but I do recommend seeing it for the excellent performance of the lead who travelled all the way from Montreal for this run of the show.
Tickets and info for all Toronto Fringe shows can be found at fringetoronto.com
Night Cows is a surrealistic, non-linear, poetic play with a very strong performance from Eleonore Lamothe. Parts of it are in French but the text is mostly English. (The author is Jovette Marchessault, translated into English by Yvonne M. Klein.)
It’s about night creatures, cows and things in the dark and how the sole character interacts with and is influenced by them. The stage is bare except for a single chair and some animal skulls hanging from the ceiling. There is no plot, per se, in this solo play. It’s almost like staged poetry. Parts of it are very sexual but I didn’t find the actual content very engaging.
My mind wandered a fair amount but I was mesmerized by Lamothe! There is not a false note in her performance. Lamothe fully commits to the text both physically and emotionally, incorporating stylized movement with intense emotionalism. She rolls, emotes and twists her body into weird poses, moving around the stage as if it were a modern dance performance, connecting with the audience, looking us in the eye.
I think the text reads better than it plays but I do recommend seeing it for the excellent performance of the lead who travelled all the way from Montreal for this run of the show.
Tickets and info for all Toronto Fringe shows can be found at fringetoronto.com
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