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The Approach
Listen carefully… Three women. Three conversations. As the details of what they share begin to diverge, we realise that a subtle game of survival is being played. Both psychological puzzle and quietly devastating tragedy, Mark O'Rowe's The Approach explores the inner lives of Anna, Cora and Denise as they desperately try to make sense of their world. It premiered at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, in 2018, in a production by Landmark Productions.
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90 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 1, 2018
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March 20, 2021
4.5, rounded down.
What is perhaps most remarkable about the play is how a male playwright could so unerringly and acutely portray how women speak with each other. The play is a bit Pinteresque in both structure and enigmatic meaning - there always appears to be mothing more, and perhaps sinister, beyond the banal conversations. Upon completion, I immediately re-read it to see exactly how O'Rowe pulls it off. PS I haven't a clue what the title means...
What is perhaps most remarkable about the play is how a male playwright could so unerringly and acutely portray how women speak with each other. The play is a bit Pinteresque in both structure and enigmatic meaning - there always appears to be mothing more, and perhaps sinister, beyond the banal conversations. Upon completion, I immediately re-read it to see exactly how O'Rowe pulls it off. PS I haven't a clue what the title means...
January 29, 2021
A gorgeously intimate play that has left me feeling profoundly sad and lonely, especially during this time of social isolation. However, it's been a cathartic experience as well. The simplicity of the language and storytelling is what makes this play so great - and yet, while the characters and their circumstances are totally relatable, the play feels distinctly Irish.
The story is about the disintegration of the relationship between three women (two of them sisters) after a betrayal (though whether or not it is a betray is left open to interpretation). What is so heart-wrenching is that these women had that unique, once-in-a-lifetime bond - one that is difficult to articulate, but if you have ever had a really, really close friend who understands you intrinsically, a soulmate, then you know what I mean - and the loss of that relationship is scarring; it leaves a hole in your chest because you know it's something you can never get back.
After reading this, I immediately watched the Dublin production that was filmed live at St. Ann's Warehouse (during the pandemic) - and let me tell you, it does not disappoint. The fact that the actors have to physically distance themselves six feet from each other makes their emotional separation all the more painful. If anyone reads this review and is interested, the play is being aired on Landmark Live until January 31st.
I need to give this play a lot more thought and a second read. At times, we know the characters lie to each other (and to themselves), and I think this would be an incredibly rewarding play to work on as an actor - to be able to tease out these details. Fingers crossed I get to tackle one of these roles someday.
The story is about the disintegration of the relationship between three women (two of them sisters) after a betrayal (though whether or not it is a betray is left open to interpretation). What is so heart-wrenching is that these women had that unique, once-in-a-lifetime bond - one that is difficult to articulate, but if you have ever had a really, really close friend who understands you intrinsically, a soulmate, then you know what I mean - and the loss of that relationship is scarring; it leaves a hole in your chest because you know it's something you can never get back.
After reading this, I immediately watched the Dublin production that was filmed live at St. Ann's Warehouse (during the pandemic) - and let me tell you, it does not disappoint. The fact that the actors have to physically distance themselves six feet from each other makes their emotional separation all the more painful. If anyone reads this review and is interested, the play is being aired on Landmark Live until January 31st.
I need to give this play a lot more thought and a second read. At times, we know the characters lie to each other (and to themselves), and I think this would be an incredibly rewarding play to work on as an actor - to be able to tease out these details. Fingers crossed I get to tackle one of these roles someday.
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