(photo by Cylla von Tiedemann)
n00b: not for newbies
When identities become merged
by Jason Booker
Sitting in my seat, waiting for the show to begin. Yes, the sound of the school-children becomes a little overwhelming. Especially when you hear the pre-show music underneath stop. Abruptly. Why did it do that? Because the loop of about a minute of sound ends on a loud note and begins on another loud note a few seconds late. It makes the underscoring here very obvious, instead of the subtlety that is typically the goal of sound design that leads the audience into the world of the show.
Why start a review with this nit-picky detail? Because it represented much of the work put into n00b: it goes for flashy effects or dramatic moments but it crafts them together so ineptly that it hardly makes sense and usually draws attention to itself. n00b is a touring one-man show written and performed by Christopher Duthie intended for young audiences.
