Vincent River Irish premier
Just in from incredible production by Prime Cut of Philip Ridley's play Vincent River. Eleanor Methven plays Anita, Kerr Logan plays Davey. This is a from the show which suggests just some of the performances I saw this afternoon.Ìý
It's about the moment these two very different people's lives collide. Anita is the mother of Vincent River. He was murdered 3 months earlier. He was a gay man, found brutally beaten to death in public toilets in London. Davey is the young man who found him. But why has he been stalking Anita since Vincent's death? He says he didn't kill him but what does he know? It's one of the strongest 2 handers I have seen in a long time.Ìý
After the show Eleanor said rehearsals had been the hardest part - the cracking pace and in particular, she said, the dialogue, a lot of which are non sequiturs,which according to Eleanor were the hardest to fix in her head. Now it's locked in she says.Ìý
Kerr Logan is making his professional stage debut since graduating from drama school. With Bangor connections he was raised in Lancashire. He is a talent to watch, holding the stage and his place with Eleanor. It's wonderful to see Eleanor in a central role, her sense of grief and horror at what has happened to her at times painful to watch. It's a formidable show. On tour .Ìý
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