Amelia Phillpotts, Author at North West End UK

25Jul

By Amelia PhillpottsNo Comments

North West

NeuroChatter – The Fitzgerald

Three personalities, one body, one actress, one act. One great performance. Written and performed by Sara Harvey is a one woman show following three personalities all inhabiting one body, all battling for control. Along with the unnamed Host of the body, broken by an undisclosed previous trauma, alters Mike and Elliott constantly bicker. Mike acts as the egotistical intellectual, attempting to use psychological academia to understand the three’s collective situation. Elliott is the complete opposite, as the foul-mouthed artist, who leads with their heart and prioritises emotional freedom. As the show develops, the individual relationships between the three personalities grow, revealing each character’s main motivation to help Host in the best way they know how. Despite the deeply tragic st...

Nuns of Fury – The Fitzgerald

These nuns are getting into the habit of fighting crime, and my god, is this musical great. Nuns Of Fury follows a trio of crime-fighting nuns, devoted to Christ and justice in equal measures. Joined by their boss Mother Superior, and the comedic Father Q, who supplies both high tech weaponry and repentance, the nuns fight two criminals, attempting to frame them for their past heists. The nuns must also work together to discover who has hired the petty criminals, and why they want to see the order destroyed. The musical is laugh aloud funny showcasing a cast highly skilled in both physical and quick word humour. The numerous puns and allusions to Catholicism within the play, especially when contrasted to the nuns’ secret- agent skills, were consistently met with peals of laughter. For m...

Fine Line: A GreySpace Production – The Fitzgerald

When the stylistic choice is made to produce a play with minimal set, a small cast and a character driven storyline, the pressure of the show falls almost solely on the actors’ ability to work realistically within the space and present a believable yet fascinating relationship to entice the audience. Fine Line: A GreySpace Production manages to excel in its stylistic choice and create a realistic dynamic without crutches of realistic set. The play follows teenager Mil and her counsellor Josie reconnecting by chance after 2 years. This rekindling is inter-spliced with flashbacks to their initial relationship, which constantly blurs the lines between a professional relationship and a deeper emotional connection. As they reminisce about the past, you watch how thei...