See it if You like the sound of pointless screeching and a pseudo intellectual nightmare. HOKUM!
Don't see it if Unless someone has a loaded gun to your head
See it if You want to see a short show.
Don't see it if You aren't interested in seeing a meaningless heap of avant garde rubbish.
See it if You like to understand the immigrant experience, and what difficulties they through. Great acting.
Don't see it if You are not interested in seeing something very heavy and co filing.
See it if you like weird theater that's hard to follow.
Don't see it if you are expecting to have a good experience -- you won't.
See it if you'd like to see a short piece of experimental theater and are interested in the personal conflicts around immigration.
Don't see it if you don't want something too heavy-handed.
See it if You like non-traditional theatre. Ve2ry creative. Makes you think.
Don't see it if You need everything spelled out for you.
See it if you’re open to a show that doesn’t aim to spin a yarn, but to approximate a state of mind (of survivor guilt from a female perspective)
Don't see it if you don’t want to make connections btwn the spoken script, visual presentation, and your personal experience to derive meaning from the play Read more
See it if This dark fairy tail is a poinient juaposition to the good life in the US vs surviving in a war zone. And that's just part one.
Don't see it if If avant-garde theatre is not your thing . Read more
"Honest, raw, real and yet not real additionally adorned with a humorous confectionary finale...Tompa has chosen a more abstract allegorical progression...Unique directorial concepts that make the piece more ambiguous which remarkably results in a sharper clarity with the presentation overall...The composition of this play is beautifully, dramatically off-center...Bar none, in all its outward simplicity, experientially exciting and exceptionally manifested."
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"The kind of play one might see in an Eastern European avant-garde theater...Highly stylized and tightly choreographed...Forget traditional construction, naturalistic dialogue, or a clear-cut story; 'Toys' unfolds in surrealistic fashion, with snatches of talk, sudden screams, bizarre images...Ubrankovics and Skovran give tour de force performances in this short, dark play, bringing energy and passion to their roles, and working together in smooth, seamless fashion."
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"Skovran, from Transylvania, sheds her character’s secrets along with half her clothing, displaying an acrobat’s skill at moving from one incarnation to another...There is nothing shy, retiring or apologetic about her performance or character...It is uncomfortable but with moments of surreal charm, much like the entire play...Ubrankovics portrays the more passive of the two women and is appropriately more fragile...A lovely foil to Skovran’s fierceness."
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"Draws our attention to the effects a war-torn country has on both the individual and the culture...Tompa transports us on a surreal exploration to discover the meaning of identity as an immigrant...Production design is bare bones, the costuming was a little distracting with bad wigs and a misplaced DIY bridal gown, but the story and performance carry the show. This is a story that needs to be told."
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