Die Roten Punkte –
Eurosmash!
Clare Bartholomew and Daniel Tobias
The Spiegeltent
29 March – 8 April at 10pm
Great music, wacky lyrics - a fabulous gutsy character driven show, Die Roten Punkte is the creation of Clare Bartholomew and Daniel Tobais who play Astrid and Otto Rot a ‘hot’ Indie Rock duet. Astrid and Otto, sister and brother, flirt with audience members, compete on a number of levels and ruthlessly spar with each other. There is something very damaged, dark and incestuous in their relationship that fuels this ‘in your face’ entrancing and highly amusing sixty minutes.
The first time I caught Die Roten Punkte was in Kyneton a couple years ago where it was presented with more subtlety in an intimate setting. I was ‘blown away’ and even moved to buy merchandise. In its present form it is possibly suffering from time restrictions – but still solid.
Overall it is an extremely skillful - highly charged – show delivered with sharp spontaneity that could really ‘go off’ if Claire as Astrid, in particular, stopped playing for laughs and regained trust in her outstanding material and the affirming atmosphere of the magically organic Spiegeltent, that is nightly filled with, the urbane and comedy savvy.
Inspired and inspiring.
Suzanne Sandow
(For Stage Whispers)
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