SOMETHING BIG
By Anna Barnes
RUMPUS
02-12 June 2022
It didn’t start with a bang. It wasn’t something big.
During a dinner party for a few friends, Thomas, Pia and Julia witness a sudden horrific event.
Around the same time, a major passenger airline flight crashes, killing all 200 people and dominating the international news cycle.
Trying to process the enormity of what has happened to them, the three friends relive the events of the party, searching for clarity in the midst of jealousy, broken friendships and utter confusion.
Existence is fragile and our lives can change in the time it takes for a synapse to fire.
CONNOR REIDY
director
REN WILLIAMS
“pia”
STEPHEN MOYLAN
stage management
KATHRYN SPROUL
set and costume design
MELISSA PULLINGER
AAROD VAWSER
"thomas"
"julia"
TOM KITNEY
video and lighting design
★★★★★
“This is bravura theatre. It deserves a longer run. If you want to see the next big thing, Something Big, and be moved and exhilarated by the daring deconstruction of the ways in which we blunder around the perimeters of a wounded soul, then see this play. If you can't get a ticket, begin a crowd-funding movement to finance a longer run of this play, so you can see it.”
Weekend Notes
“Director Connor Reidy, with great finesse, produces a production spinning and swirling around the empty space in the room unseen, yet heard. The ensemble are three wickedly on point actors employing a solid dose of disciplined crazy; brave in performance.”
The Barefoot Review
★★★★.5
“This three-hander is a triumph; the actors play together the way good musicians do.”
“All three actors work at full physical and emotional stretch throughout the show; the performance hums with kinetic energy.”