Thoughts on Mneumonic - a memory device used to recall something.
Intriguing use of props brings us in to the inner emotional world of family history - we all have one, with the use of a 'plane' tree leaf - there's lots of them outside the Festival Theatre, which were wet and soggy outside. I felt a bit overwhelmed by the diverging threads of the plot - connected, overlapping but just that bit out of reach. Loved the cameos of tourists and scientists et al. Not sure about the chair metaphor Perhaps my head was so full of ideas following The Festival Ideas it was ready to burst(!) The set designs are always amazing at the State Theatre Company and this was no exception. Lots more to unpack - which is the mark of an exceptional play.
Other reviews on the site I plugged into are almost polar opposite ie very glowing or very unsettled/bad ie crap.
I guess it's not for everyone.
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