Review: 100 100 Word Plays

100 100 Word Plays was intense.

I’ve sat staring at my blank computer screen and annoying my editor with my tardiness for a while because I simply can’t find the words to describe the play. I left Venue 2 with a sense of confusion that I still can’t clarify.

Perhaps I should start at the beginning…The description given in the On the Rocks brochure was vague to say the least, so I walked into Venue 2 with little to no expectations. As soon as we walked through the doors, 100 100 Word Plays began.

Yup, nobody told me it was interactive. Now, I don’t really “do” drama anymore, especially when I don’t know what I’m doing. I feel that I may have been the worst person to try and drag into audience participation.  Nonetheless, they did and I just got more confused from there. The premise of the show was, as far as I can gather, the audience’s “rehabilitation” and we were shown a variety of snippets of different subjects and formats. Beyond that, I’m lost as to what actually happened in the play.

Admittedly, this could be because I didn’t manage to make it to any of the 100 Word Play workshops but I couldn’t help fee as if missed a major clue that would have helped me understand it.  Chatting to other audience members after the show, there was a definite divide between those who managed to whole-heartedly throw themselves into it and the rest of them looked a little dazed.

The one thing that I couldn’t deny was the talent of those involved. It was an incredibly creative and innovative piece, using a clever combination of multimedia and minimalistic props to really enhance the feeling that we were emerged in the dram but I just didn’t quite get it.

Here is my plea: if you saw 100 100 Word Plays, can you explain it to this simpleton?