"There is a new theater in town named Solas Nua which will highlight Irish plays. Their first production is Enda Walsh's "Disco Pigs" which is a two character play with characters of Pig (him) and Runt (her). The dialogue is 98 percent idioglossia and one kept hoping that as the two separate their closeness with growing sexuality and reality testing that the speeches would be more intelligible...but that doesn't happen. So one is left listening to abstract stage pictures. Fortunately some of the evening is saved by the extra sensitive and highly expressive performances of Dan Brick and Linda Murray with a couple of fine emotional builds in fight scenes. The show is nicely paced by director, Eric Lucas, but the use of vaudeville side placards to identify the scenes or some surtitles would have enhanced the enjoyment of this show. The technicals were quite simple although Dan Martin again came through with delicate lighting and David Crandall had a significant mix of varied music. This show is only for diehard theater lovers who enjoy experiments in their theater." (To 7/27)

 

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