Paul T Davies reviews Mo-Ko Piano and Circus presenting Oat Milk and Honey at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Fringe.
Photo: Kyahm Ross Oatmilk and Honey
Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe
4 Stars
From Australia comes Mo-Ko Piano & Circus with a movement and music piece that explores anxiety and panic attacks. Beautifully paced, the interplay between the performers captures the blocking of creativity perfectly.
Amanda Lee pulses throughout as anxiety, twisting, interrupting, flying, distracting the creative process of Nathan Chettle as he tries to compose his music.
The score is beautiful and, ironically, it's the most soothing hour! It didn't become too frantic or raise the anxiety stakes at any point, playing on much the same level, but is a highly enjoyable start to the Fringe day.
Paul is a playwright, director, actor, academic, (he has a PhD from the University of East Anglia), teacher and theatre reviewer! His plays include Living with Luke, (UK tour 2016), Play Something, (Edinburgh Festival Fringe/Drayton Arms Theatre, London 2018), , (2019), and now The Miner’s Crow, which won the inaugural Artist’s Pick of the Fringe Award at the first ever Colchester Fringe Festival 2021. In lockdown 2020 he created the audio series Isolation Alan, available on Youtube, and performed online in the Voice Box Festival. He is the founder member of Stage Write, a Colchester based theatre company, and his acting roles include Rupert in How We Love by Annette Brook, first performed at the Vaults Festival 2020 and revived at the Arcola and at Theatre Peckham in 2021. Follow: @stagewrite_
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