The Null Device

This evening I went to see Theatre In Decay's production of Screaming in America, an original play about subversive comedian Bill Hicks and his posthumous fame. It was good, with good use of video segments (including a quite clever representation of Internet chatrooms), and fairly interesting (presenting scenes from Hicks' life and the effect he had on his fans, and raising questions about the man vs. the message); and you get the feeling that Rob Reid enjoyed stepping into the role and ranting. This play had the hallmarks of this being a Theatre In Decay play (sets assembled of junk, TVs tuned to static and angry, dysfunctional relationships were all in evidence, as was a disjointed, vaguely anarchic style that characterises their productions). Anyway, it's playing throughout the comedy festival, and is worth a look.

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