Theatre Review – Realism (MTC) – 4 Stars
In an atmosphere of regulation and fear, the only thing that can’t be controlled is the imagination. This seems to be the theme of Paul Galloway’s ‘Realism’, as a group of actors and writers discuss what can and can’t be said in Russia in 1939 when you’ve been commissioned to do a play for Starlin’s sixtieth birthday. There’s certainly laughs on stage (thanks largely to Grant Piro’s fantastic performance as ‘Dinsky’) but there’s also a genuine fear that one wrong word could mean being whisked off to the gulag. Plus, there are a few in-jokes here for the theatre crowd.
