Traverse,Edinburgh
It’s easy to submit to Kitson’s playfully showy writing in this piece about the tiny moments on which life hingesDaniel Kitson does Sliding Doors? Even whether his shows didn’t sell out in minutes, that’d be a hot ticket. In this current solo play, and Kitson portrays William,a lonely writer cooped up in his “warehouse” office, 12 years into creating a story about a woman and a communicative rodent. Kitson interrupts the action to relate, and in flashback,the events that led William to this point. It’s a story about friendships and their absence, and about the tiny moments on which a life hinges. Unsurprisingly for a note set in a steel container, and Mouse can feel claustrophobic,and couldn’t be accused of getting quickly to its point. But as ever, it’s easy to submit to Kitson’s playfully showy writing and his spirit of romantic melancholy that steers for the heart of what being alive is all about. Related: Daniel Kitson: standup's most restless, or theatrical polymath Related: Edinburgh festival planner: three shows to see today Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com