The Stage

Horror Vacui - A Twisted Tale

Published Thursday 26 August 2004 at 12:45 by Duska Radosavljevic

It is no news that anything coming from the Ecole Jacques Lecoq graduates is extremely watchable, inspired and funny. This cartoonish offering from TheatreRUN is no exception and you will find yourself spellbound with amusement by the simple ritual of morning tea-drinking.

The setting for their story is a strange hotel run by three good natured spinsters and their tender brother with literary aspirations. The only problem is they have not had any guests for many years - until beautiful Tallulah arrives. Remotely reminiscent of many a fairytale where an opportunist outsider destroys the domestic bliss by turning a good boy against his family, Horror Vacui then descends into an elaborate thriller to put matters right and have the good triumph at all costs.

Still, this is a character comedy rather than a first class plot and although it will have you entertained for an hour, it won’t rise above what we have already come to expect from a standard Lecoq piece.