Written by: Peeny (@AdamPeeny) Where's Peen been?
Bush Theatre, London
Was Peen keen?
***
How many times do we have to be asked, “How
many times you gotta be taught the same lesson?” Honestly, once was enough.
It’s difficult not to get bored of friends
banging on about something for so long, let alone someone you don’t even know.
The only difference is that here, there’s music from Omar Lyefook to accompany
this sort of mini concert, which entirely revolved around telling one girl that
he loved her… and she wasn’t even there.
Written by Ché Walker, this one-man show
performed by Lyefook has an admirable, down-to-earth and very relatable
premise. Lyefook simply tells us a story and sings us a few songs. The songs
are nice; the story briefly picks up on issues such as war, drug addiction and
prostitution. He is in love, and luring after the girl of his dreams but along
the way, he learns life lessons such as putting aside your pride, and how a
grown man shouldn’t behave like a young boy.
We’re sympathetic, for a short while; and
it’s not that we turn against him, rather, become totally distant and
disengaged from him and this story that should be shaved of its running time
quite substantially. It’s just too long: a monotonous delivery throughout, thus
so much of the flow of the performance becomes very predictable.
The writing is of great quality and Lyefook
has a great voice suited to the nice music composed by Walker. But the lesson
to really be taught here isn’t how to get an audience in to the palm of your
hands, but how to keep them there.
RADAR 2012 has now closed.
For more information on the venue: http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk
@BushTheatre #RADAR2012
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Thanks forr writing
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