Zombie Haiku

Corpus Playroom, 24th-28th January, 9.30pm, £5-6

Directed by Chloe Mashiter

[rating: 1/5]

My review will be

Written only in haikus

Because it’s easy.

This play had promise,

It seemed weird enough to be

Quite entertaining.

These eight photographs/ Were done with a camera / By Sana Ayub

Let down from the start

By disappointing acting,

I wanted to leave.

It wasn’t their fault,

Actors do well with good scripts,

Not cheesy clichés.

The tech was awful.

I know it was the first night,

But that’s no excuse.

The opening scene,

Vital in setting the tone,

Was ruined by lights.

The set was cluttered

By too many wooden chairs

And (unused) wheelchairs

Slowly lined up chairs

Presumably meant something.

It was unclear what.

Sloppy chair-shifting

And physical theatre

Are not the same thing.

The dances and fights

Were far from entertaining.

Too G.C.S.E.