Mariella Buss-Stop
Mariella Buss-Stop reviews the Harold Player’s latest theatre production.
The latest production by the Harold players left an unpleasant taste in my mouth, and not just because I’m citrus intolerant.
Expecting a plodding yet faithful interpretation of Jeanette Winterson’s lesbian coming-of-age classic, I wasn’t prepared for quite such a long-winded and frankly angry diatribe on the taxonomy of vegetables.
The lead actress, made a good fist of being a lesbian, although it could be argued the dungarees were something of a tired stereotype. Smeared in mud (perhaps a metaphor for foul Pentecostal intolerance) and carrying a pig under her arm, the show opens with her silently getting her lettuce out.
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