THEATER REVIEW- Tales Out of School - A Retired Teacher Lets it all Out
I am sure that Gareth Calway was a wonderful teacher for all of his 27 years, perhaps he even wrote a very touching book of poetry and stories (a medium he calls "verse poetry") inspired by that experience, but then I would much rather see this one-man-act toned down and eased into either a relaxed story-telling or book-reading-affair. There is obviously a rich breadth of character and scenarios that could have been drawn upon, but instead the audience is treated only to a sea of similes in which the half-limericks flounder.The staged readings are broken up by ridiculous performances of the bewigged teacher enthusiastically playing air-guitar to classic rock school-related themes. The message of the show is spelled out only in the last 6 or so lines of the performance, and it is a blunt instrument of elucidation on what a more “pure” teaching moment really is.
posted by An American in Scotland: Fringe Blogger at
21:15
2 Comments:
Hi Tatyana
This was a negative review that gave me a sleepless night - but you did at least allow me the credit of acknowledging what I was trying to do and researching your comments. There were no limericks (or even semi-limericks) in my show, however, though there were some villanelles, which take considerable skill, time and effort to write.
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Gareth Calway, At
28 September 2007 at 21:04
Mr. Calway,
I am quite sorry to have caused you any loss of sleep.
Thank you for the correction, villanelles they were indeed. Glad to see you're still taking the opportunity to teach : )
cheers!
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An American in Scotland: Fringe Blogger, At
6 December 2007 at 15:32
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