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The Funny Thing About A Panic Attack

Solo Show · Ben Kassoy · Ages 12+ · United States of America

Content Warning One Person Show World Premiere
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the funny thing about a panic attack

Review by TONY FRANKEL

June 11, 2024 stageadcinema.com
tagged as: dance · one-man show

What I liked

I particularly enjoyed the ambiguity he created by seeming to lose his place and actually begin to panic. While it occurred to me later that this was in fact scripted, at the time I felt his vulnerability in my bones, and I actually teared up.
He moves remarkably well, and manages to express with his body what the text may have failed to impart. Plus, his dancing skills are remarkable. Plus, there are a lot of lighting and sound cues that were impeccable.

What I didn't like

I just wish I was onboard a bit sooner with his conceit, and that it built a bit more furiously. Still, it was a preview performance, so that may have altered my opinion. At later shows, it will no doubt make more sense.

My overall impression

I found it to be a very affecting and intimate one-man show, a surprisingly revelatory and introspective dance piece about this young man’s history of panic disorder.

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