Another very fine performance is Georgina Goodchild as Mother Teresa, deaf, flirting with the prosecutor and visibly responding to every word spoken.Īs a newcomer to the play, I was intrigued about how it could possibly end. Boston is also a fine on-stage listener and a very charismatic actor to watch. He shifts mood instantly from insolence to determination and from anger (wonderful crescendo) to grudging sympathy. Jade Lane as the defence council and Hayden Mampasi for the prosecution take a while to find dramatic balance but Lane, in particular, really finds her feet in the second half, especially in the scene with Henry Rousso as Sigmund Freud.īest of all the witnesses is Henry Boston as Pontius Pilate. In court Luke Walter is an irascible, irresponsible judge with a suitably load bellow when he’s not getting his own way. Monica fond of words such as “motherfucker” goes down well with the audience. In places it’s very funny because we’re in the present day and some of the anachronisms and incongruities are great fun – Diavian Galloway, for example, as a very blousy, sassy, fur-coated St. Other characters, all of them dead, are either in heaven or hell but summoned to take part in a trial to decide what should be done with Judas. The premise is that Judas Iscariot is in purgatory – still. And director Ishwar Maharah has ensured that everyone really gets the chance to show what he or she can do.Īlthough this play has been revived many times in its 16-year life, this was the first time I’d seen it and I’m glad I did.
Including a bit of doubling these thirteen graduating actors all have something interesting to do with lots of moments in the spotlight. Its episodic structure uses a large number of actors in some pretty colourful roles. Stephen Adly Guirguis’s witty, thoughtful 2005 play is a good choice for a drama school.
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