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<H1>�WHAT�S IT ALL MEAN?�</H1>
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�I just didn�t get any of that�, �But what did it all mean�, �What was that all about� mutters the audience as they stumble out of the smoke. In an absurd play where logic and rationality have broken down there will always be a sense of profound disengagement. It is all too easy for the critic to cry �I didn�t understand it, it was brash and incoherent�.</p>
<p>But why do we need meaning? Why is it so hard just to let the action play out without having a clear beginning or end?</p>
<p>and then see what jumps out at you. Each of our seven characters lacks a coherent linear background, so we don�t have the opportunity to prejudge their dialogue or actions. Yet through the course of the play they do each inhabit their own skin and create a sense of an individual in this chaotic blood soaked world.</p>
<p>Beyond the characters there are some themes, lots of blood, lots of drinking, a car crash, an explosion, an encounter with a blind boy and it seems that Benidorm holds some significance.</p>
<p>I however found it hard to grasp much more than threads. There seemed to be a commentary on terrorism and 9/11 but it is all a bit vague. A constant nagging at the back of my mind made me feel that perhaps I was missing quite a lot, maybe had I seen more absurdist plays or been a drama student or not been so ignorant I may have understood more. Or perhaps in truth it was all too disjointed to leave the viewer with anything other than the feeling of an evening separated from reality.</p>
<p>I am quite happy to never know.</p>
<p>Throats is at the Pleasance Theatre, Islington 18th February to 27th March 2011
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