Spoonface Steinberg - Lee Hall

7th - 10th Jan 2009

The Crescent Studio

“The first lines fall to Laura Dowsett, who is seven. Her confident, no-nonsense delivery sets an immediate standard below which no-one falls in an evening which is essentially asking the meaning of life while Spoonface learns that she is going to die. She discusses death in the wartime concentration camps, wonders whether God has cancer and explains that because she's backward she was never very good at saying what was wrong with her. 

Brilliant is a word to be approached with caution. Let us, therefore, be content with saying that this is quite superb. The company has been choreographed into a vibrant whole, mostly on the move but at times freezing exquisitely into stillness while an operatic aria resounds. And it's all been achieved in ten rehearsals. Quite, quite remarkable.” Evening Mail.

In an entirely unique take on Lee Hall’s monologue about a young girl with autism, 24 performers acted out the play, all dressed in white and with no set aside from 10 large white quilts. These quilts were used throughout to represent everything from a hospital machine to an oversized bed. The play was fast-moving and very visual, underlying the sadness of the text with a sense of hope and optimism brought about by Spoonface’s unconquerable spirit. In the same style as Adult Child, this play showcased Stage2’s unique style of taking a monologue and blasting it apart!