Theatre Review: George Bush and Children at the Project Arts Centre
Intense and at times mordantly funny, Dick Walsh’s new play makes for a provocative hour in the theatre.
Against the backdrop of large distorting mirrors that send images of the audience back at ourselves, actors Ollie Braddell, Gráinne Hallahan, Fionnuala Flaherty, and Shane Connolly re-enact exchanges that Walsh has taken verbatim from real life talk-shows. The topics range from the trivial (Speedo trunks, piles) to the more serious (sex, abortion, death), and Walsh quotes them to raise questions rather than to peddle any messages. What comes across strongly is the strain on us as human beings to articulate our experience. Language fails us. Constantly.
