Legoland Rated The Varsity Review |
"Wrestling is real-it's the world that's set up." So goes the closing line of Jacob Richmond's humorous and poignant two-hander, spoken by the bespectacled ADHD-afflicted Ezra Lamb. Legoland is the Ritalin-fuelled "presentation" of the Lamb siblings, sixteen year- old Penny and thirteen-year-old Ezra. What starts as Penny's funny and eccentric vaudevillian attempt to shorten her community service soon segues into a story of |
siblings who, continually alienated, embark on a Greyhound quest across the U.S. of A. Britt Small's creative direction, combined with Celine Stubel and Amitai Marmorstein's performances, made Legoland a highlight of the festival. Use of projections, ukulele, and puppets further enhanced the production- for example, when Penny was named "the school lesbian" by a bouquet of Barbies brandished by puppetmaster Ezra. |