A Poe Cabaret: A Dream Within A Dream

Wednesday nite… No rest for wicked!!! Luminato is keepin me slim and trim…Runnin’ all over the DT core… I jus hustled from Yonge-Dundas Sq over to Buddies in Bad Theatre, courtesy of the foot express. As we all kno I’m always puntucal and this time I’m only like 7 mins late..Not too bad took me less than 15 for the walk… Ok, so I’ll admit cabaret not my cup of tea, but I figure its Luminato what the hey… And Edgar Allen Poe  has been one of my faves since I was like 12. The Raven- don’t even get me started on that. Ok, soo from what I have gathered A Dream within A Dream is exactly what it says, it’s composed of four separate performances that are the dreams within a dream… If that makes sense. The first tidbit was A Dream Within A Dream and other short stories performed by Mike Ross and Patricia O’Callaghan… I can’t tell a lie, I missed the better part of this act and I believe that was crucial I was kinda lost to be honest. Now the next dream, a musical monologue  drawn from The Tell-Tale Heart… once again kinda lost. But from the dots I was able to connect it brought the feelin of pain, grief and despair which were all evident in the story we know. Can I be honest with my peeps …the only dream that had me was the Raven. The reading by Tom Allen was brillant… being a true Poe fan and this being my fave poem it couldn’t get any better.

Honestly, the best part for me was the music… The Penederecki String Quartet was $%?&in’ sick. I can’t lie I had to pick my jaw up off the floor a couple of times when they really tore those strings up..I might have to download a few tracks or even cop their new CD.

And OMG!!… the Harpist Lori Gemmell, ’cause of her I decided that being a harpist is my new callin’. No for real this chick is bad ass even Feist is on her ish… Her fingers glide on those strings like skates on ice. I can’t say enough about the music, it conveyed the whole concept of the production from the eerie strings to the skin crawlin whisper of the harp… Its official I’ve been converted to a true string fan. Ok, so its fair to say peeps that the Cabaret is still not my cup tea… but I certainly did enjoy the experience.

xoxo                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pinkie