One of the side-effects of seeing so many International and World Class events is that one forms a very low tolerance to shite.This can come across as arrogance , but is genuinely a capacity to unappreciate works that are not trying hard enough to get their points across.There is nothing more disrespectful to an audience than perceived lack of effort.
Therefore a "blind date" visit to the theatre can turn out a be quite a dicey experience , if the effort is there you can enjoy a work without in any way being taken by the point it makes , but to know you have been respected and invited to take the stimulation challenge by the work is something one is grateful for.At the very least you know the point of "The Other" is a valid one from their perspective and should be a considered input when you are trying to understand a situation as part of a whole and not a partisan angel bordering on dogma.
Before the play i had a meal in Bar Cosshack , a very nice and filling salmon dish of the highest calibre.It will now become my default pre-Tron theatre visit eatery.
The play was a short notice " i have spare ticket" invite which i duly took up.It was a very pleasant and over-neat glorified theatre workshop affair which i enjoyed a great deal.A very nice performance from Nicola Daley and a low key "mind on other things" by Ian Macpherson.
In the event we got what may be euphemistically be describes as a lighthearted in the moment entertainment for an evening.I have to admit i am a man of profoundness and like works that can last in the psyche a little longer than an evening.
Overall a good night out with a plot which could go a lot further in breadth and scope.
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