Our reviews from The Tank.
Danielle Allen's work-in-progress Lunaticus explores epilepsy, diagnosis, and missing time. Her account of finding herself clothed in bed with the shower still running stayed with us, while flickering lights and returning voices offered an intriguing teaser of the full production.
*Honor Shmonor* began with swords, shouting and two medieval heroes charging into a witch hunt with absolute confidence that they were doing the right thing. It was a very funny setup, but Atticus Orsborn’s dark comedy soon started poking holes in that confidence, turning a playful fantasy adventure into a smart look at power, prejudice and the excuses people use to justify cruelty.
There is never a point during *What a World! What a World!* where it feels content to do just one thing. Eric Marlin’s play, directed by Ilana Khanin at The Tank, mixes classic Hollywood, rehearsal room drama, experimental movement, drag, and social commentary into a production that is constantly changing direction. The result is an ambitious show that kept us interested throughout, even if it was occasionally a little confusing.
There is something about a night at The Tank when it is completely full that immediately changes the temperature of a show. *Love Story* opened to that kind of room. A Thursday night that somehow felt like a weekend. Loud, warm, expectant. The house team deserve real credit here because they do not just welcome you, they actively build momentum. Their opening spiel is not filler. It is part rally, part mission statement, part celebration of artists, and it genuinely prepares the audience to meet
For American teenagers in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s, the shopping mall was a social universe. Food court gossip, wandering endless indoor promenades, and awkward first dates at the multiplex were defining rituals of adolescence, immortalized in countless teen films and television shows.
Through comedy, mime and music Edu Diaz tackles complex themes of personal doubt and hiding your real self in a society where you often feel you have to act like everyone else to fit in.