The Wonderful World of Dissocia
Wharf 1, Sydney Theatre Company
Until 23 May
Tickets $30-$75
Bookings (02) 9250 1777
Critic’s Rating 8/10
The world of Dissocia, created by Scottish playwright Anthony Neilson, is like that little corner of your brain that fantasises and yearns to break out of routine and rediscover your inner child.
Lisa (Justine Clark) has lost an hour after a series of flights across the Atlantic and the only way she can get it back is to search for it in Dissocia - a little-known Wizard of Oz-type land where nearly everything is a cliché.
It’s a world which celebrates eccentricity, as we find insecurity guards (why guard something that is secure), a horny scape-goat and a singing polar bear.
The clichés get rammed home a bit too much but let your imagination go and you’ll find yourself entering a wonderful playground which sets you up for the opposing second half which I won’t give away.
Besides the wonderfully extravagant performances from a great ensemble, the creative collaboration behind the production is the true revelation.
Director Marion Potts, along with designers Nick Schlieper, Tess Schofield and Alice Babidge have created a world that not only transports you with the colour and light of the set but also brings you bursting into its beautiful and unexpected dreamlike end.
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