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Michael Cox reviews a production with good performances but a mess of a script.
There might be a good idea behind Necessary Angel and bluemouth inc’s production of Party Game, but it unfortunately isn’t anywhere to be seen. Performed at The Wee Red Bar at Edinburgh College of Art, the audience find themselves as participants in a surprise party.
Who is the guest of honour, and what is the relationship everyone has to them? These are questions that we should be asking. Unfortunately, what the production offers instead is a dramaturgical mess: it makes little sense and has characters one is hard-pressed to care about. It also doesn’t help that the collection of ‘party games’ that unfold throughout are mostly pointless and have little relevance to the slight story that unfolds.
It isn’t terrible. The performances given by the actors and musicians are uniformly solid, and there are moments—fleeting, but they are there—where things do work. But it all comes back to the experience that is promised—and this party sucks.
Party Game is part of the Traverse Theatre’s Fringe 2017 season and performs at The Wee Red Bar until August 20 (not Mondays). Check website or programme for times and prices.
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