Drinking and Dragons

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Company: Monkey Centurion Productions

Genre: Play Comedy

Venue:1 John Hirsch Mainstage

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Gio Navarro has written a clever and funny script about a trio of role-playing gamers and their characters.

A split stage lets us see the living room table and the magical land where the warriors pursue their quest. The gamers - well two of them - would drive any serious Dungeon Master to swallow his 30-sided dice.

The imaginary warriors Skylar, Fran K'smom and Bill (Bee-I'll) treat us totheir own interpretations of the drunk voices in their heads directing theconquests.

It has many rough edges as a new work and the cast must decide whether to wait out laughter or not. I recommend not - it will improve pacing. The dual scene slowmotion battle is inspired and I especially liked the fireball.

Alas, whateverin-joke humour the monkey might have supplied was lost on me. This show is worth honing.

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