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Regional Reviews: San Francisco/North Bay The Making of a Great Moment Also see Patrick's review of Keith Moon: The Real Me and Richard's reviews of Twisted Hitchcock, The Three Musketeers, Leanne Borghesi: What Is This Swing Called Love and Durst Case Scenario
Actors Terry (Danny Scheie) and Mona (Aysan Celik) from Victoria, British Columbia, are on an aspiring quest—to tour their daunting four-hour play, "Great Moments in Human Achievement," across the county by bicycle. (The theatre is called Bicycle Theatre Company.) Surely, they'll bring inspiration to millions of people by reenacting history's high points. We see a series of scenes with Terry and Mona stating facts relating to historical characters in rapid order. The twosome is in rural New Hampshire and they just completed the first night, playing to a boisterous audience (we are the audience). Thank god, it is only part of the play-within-the-play and doesn't last four hours. When the day is done, our flawed individuals manage a great moment of their own. They bicycle to their tents in the great outdoors. Mona is kept wake at night thinking of how the play can be better. She wants to make more of an impact on their audiences and make the world better. Terry has cynical reservations about the play and they argue about its meaning. Terry's equivocations are completely reasonable. The dialogue between the two tends to be clever and there are plenty of zingers. The Making of a Great Moment is prefect entertainment with very talented people giving a comic tour de force. Sean Daniels nicely directs this fast-paced, 100-minute no intermission comedy. The Making of a Great Moment runs through August 26, 2017, at Z Space, 470 Florida Street. San Francisco. For ticket call 415-626-0453 or visit www.zspace.org. |
