[Review] MacHomer
Never trust anyone who updates Shakespeare for the kids. Well in that case never give Rick Miller anything responsible to do ever again, because hot diddly dawg this works… and then some. MacHomer takes the pop culture legend of the 17th century and collides him with the highly respected barometer of a more civilised time in Springfield. Yes it’s Macbeth, performed by the cast of The Simpsons.
Okay it’s not really The Simpsons - while the cast of the hit Fox show have attended the Fringe (five years ago), MacHomer’s performance is through one man, Rick Miller, who’s doing every single voice, all the acting, and his only aide is a TV/Projector behind him which helpfully shows the backdrop scenes and character drawings of Ned Flanders, Mayour Quimby and all the rest to help the audience.
Not that Miller’s voice isn’t capable of identifying everyone in any case - if you caught the third Fringe podcast where I interviewed him, you’ll know what I mean.
The script is almost solid Shakespeare - this is an update of “The Scottish Play” but keeping as much of the structure and language of the original as possible. You could happily watch this not knowing The Simpsons and you;d have all the tragedy of the original play, a bit of pop culture, and (bizarrly) a closing number that I’m pretty sure old William didn’t write, but would have approved of.
It’s also the first standing ovation I’ve seen at the Fringe this year.
Five years ago it was a critical sell out success. This time around the mainstream are pretty much ignoring it because ‘they’ve reviewed it before.’ Which means missing MacHomer is going to be like missing a hidden gem because it was in plain site.
Best. Macbeth. Ever.
Who: Machomer
Where: The Assembly Rooms
When: 1415-1530, 10th-29th August (but not the 16th)
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