The Boar’s Head. Small-town Wales. ‘Kara-f**kin’-oke’ in full flow. Read more …
Not if Crazy Gary has his way though. Legendary bully from the school days, he makes sure he gets what he wants – like the perfect chick in view. For her, he’ll do whatever it takes.
Matthew D Melody, deluded cabaret singer and soon to be karaoke champion, doesn’t have Gary’s knack of making things go right. From upsetting Job Centre Lady to killing his neighbour’s cat, his best intentions make for the worst disasters. A prayer to the Dear Lord God can always clean the slate though.
And then there’s Russell Markham, playing with his dinner of unpleasantly creamy mash and watching his life pass him by…
They have to get out!
Gary Owen’s play bristles with the desperately ordinary, the truly extraordinary and the just plain mad.
It is easier to argue that Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco is about masculinity in crisis. Built from three long monologues, it is a desolate vision of a twentysomething male community still abiding by the rules of the playground bully.
As a portrait of men in trouble, Crazy Gary’s Mobile Disco is beautifully-structured, powerfully written and heartrending; and in Leann O’Kasi’s Tron production it’s performed with terrific energy.
It is in the last monologue that Owen proves himself an exciting talent to watch.
The back-alley baroque of Owen’s Welsh-accented script is blessed with a trio of fantastically sustained performances from Colin Little, Martin McCormick and Kristian Phillips in Leann O’Kasi’s production that is unashamedly deep as well as macho.
The result is entertaining theatre that knows exactly how to land its punches.
Tron Theatre, Glasgow from Tuesday May 24, 2011, until Saturday May 28, 2011. More info: www.tron.co.uk
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