Letters to Morrissey
10/8/17
4 Stars
Book Tickets It's a welcome return to the Traverse and the Fringe Festival to Gary McNair, whose wonderful A Gambler's Guide to Dying blew me apart at this venue a couple of years ago. This time he tells a tale of teenage angst channeled through his love of Morrissey, and letters written to the star, signed by the Boy with the Thorn in his Side.
McNair is a highly engaging performer, weaving the story expertly, taking us through the past in a small Scottish town, the treatment of those deemed outsiders, each character beautifully drawn. It's not important to like Morrissey, anyone who has been disaffected or angst ridden will associate with the story teller.
A particular highlight is a Morrissey concert, where McNair transports us to an even higher level of experience, simply by using a microphone. Powerful, funny and poignant, underscored by a highly effective sound scape by Danny Krass, this love letter to music will stay with you long after the Fringe.
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Paul is a playwright, director, actor, academic, (he has a PhD from the University of East Anglia), teacher and theatre reviewer! His plays include Living with Luke, (UK tour 2016), Play Something, (Edinburgh Festival Fringe/Drayton Arms Theatre, London 2018), , (2019), and now The Miner’s Crow, which won the inaugural Artist’s Pick of the Fringe Award at the first ever Colchester Fringe Festival 2021. In lockdown 2020 he created the audio series Isolation Alan, available on Youtube, and performed online in the Voice Box Festival. He is the founder member of Stage Write, a Colchester based theatre company, and his acting roles include Rupert in How We Love by Annette Brook, first performed at the Vaults Festival 2020 and revived at the Arcola and at Theatre Peckham in 2021. Follow: @stagewrite_
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