Julia Croft in Power Ballad. Photo / Supplied
In a Fringe evening, enjoying two out of three short shows ain't bad.
Ironically, nobody says anything in Say Something Nice (entry by koha), the new audience participation work by multiple award-winner Sam Brooks.
Instead we're given pen, paper and typed instructions about what we're to write.
Told to write
about others in the room, one wonders, "what are others writing about us?" It's a slight work but enjoyable and pregnant with possibilities.
The show's assumption that we all have one person we love the most is dubious but it echoes Andre Gide's assertion that "to be loved is nothing; what I desire is to be preferred".
