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ED2014 3/5 Reviews ED2014 Theatre Reviews
God Is In My Typewriter (Anna-Mari Laulumaa)
By Charlotte Taylor | Published on Saturday 16 August 2014
Anne Sexton is one the most romanticized poets out there, and her history of creativity and depression has ensured that this is not the first time she has been resurrected on stage. In this solo show Anna-Mari Laulumaa draws on verse, therapy sessions and Sexton’s own letters to render a portrait of the artist. The various sources are integrated well enough to create a strong line of narrative, and the show uses music and lighting beautifully to create an often surreal and isolated atmosphere, but the production falters with its interpretation of Sexton herself. She is hysterical, unhinged and childlike, and the play manages to obscure her more behind her myth rather than illuminate the character and life which contributed to her work.
Hill Street Solo Theatre, until 24 Aug.
tw rating 3/5 | [Charlotte Taylor]
