Grey Rock (Under the Radar 2020)

See it if An interesting story about Palestinian people. The Hope's and dreams they have and the challenges they face.

Don't see it if Sometimes was very difficult to both hear and understand these actors especially upstage. It could also be slow at times.

See it if Gives a voice to occupied people feeling that their aspirations for a better future are like trying to fly to the moon. Tender, forlorn.

Don't see it if Contrived engineering scenes. Jerky transitions. Predictable love triangle w/daughter's 2 suitors. Internet cliche. Slow & preachy in spots.

See it if you want insight into Palestinian culture. Metaphor of building a rocket was an entertaining nuanced story of a people interrupted.

Don't see it if you have trouble understanding accents. Sometimes difficult to understand the actors.

See it if plays with absurd/fantasy plots to make a point about giving meaning & worth to human existence; comic & tragic moments; interesting*

Don't see it if some characters sometimes hard to understand especially with accents and when at back of stage (I was 2nd row); poetic language

Also *points about the Islam of many hundreds of years ago.
The main actors were so moving.
This is a play that has much potential.... Read more Read less

See it if You want to see an incredible actor deliver a poignant performance that will tear at your heart while you are laughing out loud.

Don't see it if You are too biased on the Israel/Palestine issue to hear voices from the other side. You have no compassion for struggle for freedom.

See it if To see a well written play that is touching & funny about the feelings & struggles of Palestinian people trying to fulfill a dream.

Don't see it if You don't like family dramas, don't want to hear from the perspective of Palestinian citizens,

Also I would like to see the play developed and given an actual run.

See it if you want to be transported with metaphor and artful stagecraft to a moving and transcendant production about love, grief and hope. Brilliant

Don't see it if family narrative, love/life stories, struggling Palestinians who are three dimensional people living through occupation don't inspire you

See it if you enjoy an entertaining foreign play and a surrealist take on the Palestinian occupation.

Don't see it if Listening to foreign actors with thick accents, sometimes hard to understand annoys you. it was also hard to hear in back of the theatre.