{"id":948,"date":"2011-09-04T09:28:24","date_gmt":"2011-09-04T12:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=948"},"modified":"2023-07-09T17:33:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T20:33:34","slug":"a-question-of-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=948","title":{"rendered":"A Question of Sex"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_949\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-949\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/arnold-bennett.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-949\" title=\"arnold bennett\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/arnold-bennett-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/arnold-bennett-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/arnold-bennett.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">arnold bennett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>A Question of Sex: A Farce in One Act<\/em> by Arnold Bennett, now playing at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticfringe.ca\">Atlantic Fringe Festival<\/a>, was printed in his <em>Polite Farces For the Drawing Room<\/em> in 1900. It is a frothy, obscure little play that is really interesting to see out of its Edwardian context and that still upholds some dignity for polite audiences in our very own TNS Living Room.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall this production, directed by Johnny Thompson, is a solid and entertaining piece. The direction is nicely focused with some really exciting visual moments. There is a scene at the end of the play where three characters crowd around one on a chair that concentrates the intensity of the actors in such a way that the chair, and Jesse Robb in it, becomes equivalent to a powder keg. This energy is exactly what this play, and its brand of Edwardian witticism coupled with the constant coming in and out of doors, hinges upon. In this way, I think that the next step in the evolution of this piece would involve tightening up and speeding up the pacing and rhythm of the dialogue. This would also be enhanced by establishing immediate tension and a mounting sense of urgency right off the top of the show.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thompson\u2019s cast are all in fine form. Benjamin Irvine plays George Gower, the frazzled father of a girl, Emma Laishram is perfectly haughty and proud as his sister-in-law Helen, Claire St. Francois plays his sister May and Jesse Robb plays his Uncle Francis. St. Francois is especially interesting to watch in her interactions with Helen, during which there is some meaty subtext, and Robb gives a wonderfully funny performance as the wicked and cunning Uncle. Their British accents are still developing, they still seem to be getting in the actors\u2019 way rather than appearing seamless, but, that being said, I didn\u2019t find them to be a distraction either.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In all <em>A Question of Sex<\/em> is essentially Oscar Wilde\u2019s<em> The Importance of Being Earnest: Lite<\/em>. It is one for which Polite Society would surely still approve of. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>A Question of Sex<\/em> plays at the Theatre Nova Scotia Living Room (2353 Agricola Street) at the following times. It is $5.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sunday September 4<sup>th<\/sup>, 3:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Monday September 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 8:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>To book advanced tickets please visit Neptune Theatre\u2019s Box Office, 1593 Argyle Street or call 902.429.7070 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticfringe.ca\/\">www.atlanticfringe.ca<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Same Day Sales are available at the venue\u00a0(Neptune Studio Theatre) From\u00a01 Hour Before the First Show of the Day. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Question of Sex: A Farce in One Act by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4671],"tags":[5777,5700,5773,5258,3212,5251,5778,4698],"class_list":["post-948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","tag-arnold-bennett","tag-ben-irvine","tag-claire-st-francois","tag-emma-laishram","tag-halifax-fringe","tag-jesse-robb","tag-johnny-thompson","tag-the-living-room"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Question of Sex - The Way I See It Theatre &amp; 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