Tilt

ensemble theatre · bam · Ages 17+ · United States of America

world premiere
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Review by MORNA MURPHY MARTELL

June 09, 2016

What I liked

These two amazing performers hold us all as hostages in this dynamic brouhaha that seems to be straight out of a Quentin Tarantino film without the bloodshed (although of that I’m not so sure). Whether the duo are totally nuts, or just fools for love, or desperate for money, they are now locked in a battle for our lives. We are in a mountain cabin, where they are hiding out from the Feds, and we are a pair of luckless lovers unable to escape. Much of the action is back story as we learn about our captors and how and why they came together and whether they will ever split apart. It’s an amusing if sometimes alarming conflict, there is a mean looking crowbar being swung our way, and the tension never lets up. Not for the faint-hearted.

What I didn't like

The ending was unresolved and left me feeling it was more an exercise than a complete play.

My overall impression

Superb performances in a violent confrontation between two thieves who are testing the bounds of friendship with possible mortal results.

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