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Director’s Cut at the Vaults

February 2, 2019 by Alex Wood Leave a Comment

Review of: Director's Cut at the Vaults

Reviewed by: Alex Wood
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On February 2, 2019
Last modified:February 2, 2019

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Kill The Beast have been tearing up the fringe scene for many a year, and seeing them come to VAULT festival as part of New Diorama’s festival takeover feels more like a theatrical treat than anything else.

But this is a company that doesn’t rest on its laurels, delivering a fantastic instalment that previously had its premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2018.

Director’s Cut is everything you could want from a farcical fringe production: multi-roling, slapstick, stupidly trivial humour and characters ratcheted up to 11. With laughs aplenty and a stupidly contrived plot (inspired by the likes of the infamous Ghostwatch) about a deceased actress who comes back to haunt the film studio she’d previously been working on, there’s a lot of whimsical weirdness and tongue-in-cheek dark comedy to make for a solid hour of fun. 

 

The company’s real forté lies in the fact that beneath all the silliness is a slick production,  utilising screens and live video to mask costume changes and add supernatural vibes to the events occurring on stage. Low budget has never seemed so high quality.

Pacing,  as it so often does, manages to flounder slightly at the start of the final third, but it’s a small niggle in a piece otherwise rampant with joyful stupendousness. The cast -David Cumming, Natasha Hodgson, Ollie Jones and Zoe Roberts – all revel in their multitudinous roles, while Clem Garritty’s design (Garritty also acting as director) makes for a convincingly tacky film set. The timing of Alex Purcell’s video is impeccable, choreographed with the actors to make the stage space feel all the larger than it is. 

Director’s Cut may only be having a short stay at the VAULT Festival, but fingers crossed, it’ll be back for a longer run soon.

Author: Alex WoodAlex is the former reviews editor at Theatre Bubble, but since changing position now contributes occasionally. He has been writing reviews for a number of years, as well as seeing his own shows performed. He has produced and marketed a number of performances at venues in London, Oxford, Edinburgh, including the world premiere of Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke.

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