" 'The Good Person of Szechwan' in all its plastic, bombastic, and iconoclastic glory ...[is] a glimmering neon hoot from start to finish."
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The Good Person of Szechwan is at first, and even second and third, glance a comedy which leaves its audiences questioning what it means to be good, or even if it’s possible to try to be good in a world which seems to consistently crush any efforts to do so. Perhaps all we can do is try. Certainly, these are important questions to think over and going to watch this play is a good place to start.
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"This production’s atmosphere of pre-school anarchy softens the harshness of the original’s message, a little. But it still gently speaks to today, while leaving its themes tantalisingly unresolved, just as Brecht did."
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“Lau must be commended for doing something new with a classic play, but, from Jessica Hung Han Yun’s eye-bleeding lighting to Carrie-Anne Ingrouille’s non-stop movement and at least one too many karaoke numbers, Brecht’s message is buried in a sea of tricksiness.”
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“The loudness of the surrealist humour becomes relentless, breaking the pace. But Brecht’s parable still lands its ending as it challenges us to be better – not ‘good’.”
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