If you've recently been troubled by a feeling that the world is plunging into a vortex of meaningless chaos, Silo's production of a German absurdist comedy will affirm your deepest anxieties.
Playwright Marius von Mayenburg takes us to a strangely familiar country where the boundary between reality and representation has been erased, where personal identity cannot be distinguished from role-playing and where the truth is whatever people say it is.
Perplex is firmly rooted in the tradition of European absurdist theatre: Narrative conventions are thrown to the wind, surreal situations are presented as if they are part of the fabric of everyday life and the actors loose themselves in ironic speculation about the existence of a supposedly unseen audience.
This kind of theatre challenges expectations but director Sophie Roberts lures us into the unfamiliar by drawing on the comedic skills of a talented four-person cast.
Kura Forrester brings an earthy belligerence to a variety of roles and seems perfectly at home throwing herself into a slanging match while dressed as a Viking warrior queen.
