MERCURY FUR at the Ramshorn

An extraordinarily intense power packed play went on for two hours straight without any letup , brilliantly acted by a fine young dynamic caste.

The the genre has been explored in a last few years , notably in Cormac mccarthys The Road , this play was written in 2005 , at just about the first time in which questioning the direction and moral depth of progressive western values in the mainstream media was on the brink of establishing itself from the self-imposed guideline censorship imposed by self elected moral guardians operating in the cultural field.The history behind the writing and performing of the play ,in which the writer lost friends and was almost friendly-blacklisted from his publishing house which refused to publish it , a very odd counterbalance to those who preach over the right to publish when it come to Rushdie but then refuse to publish anything that questions if the western world is going in the right direction.

The play itself has two emerging themes , the state can not look after the citizen from cradle to grave , if it ever could , and will ultimately let everyone down , and , there is always hope with family bonds finally picking up the pieces and delivering and ultimately saving those let down and betrayed by current transient civilisation.