Comments on: [Review] The Dream Dealer

By: Jess and Flick

Jess and Flick — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 10:46:57 +0000

WE LOVE JOHN and Geoff obv.

By: Carmen

Carmen — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 17:31:48 +0000

I was at the 12 August production of this show, and must say I was very impressed with the cast. The “small people” were obvsiously loving the experience of performing at the fringe, whilst the two “grown ups” were very enthusiastic and carried the musical through.

John IS evil and scary and I wouldn’t want to be on the wrong side of him, but he’s a big softie, really…..talk about method acting….

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:18:56 +0000

I’m John’s flatmate. He really is evil. It’s not acting, he really is a modern-day-child-catcher; that’s the best description I’ve heard of him.

On his website John described the rest of the cast as “small people who claim to be children, but can’t be because they’re far too intelligent”. It’s difficult to be properly evil without the foil of people who are equally good at being scared….

By: Marte Raymond

Marte Raymond — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:15:11 +0000

I can confirm that kids get the metaphor too, no problem. I asked my nine and twelve-year-olds what they thought this was about, and both chorused “drugs” without hesitation.
We enjoyed ourselves, and as a GP working in the drugs-ridden western fringes of this city, I can say that the show is a clever way to communicate something which we struggle to get across, day to day - clever because it manages to say something without being too preachy.

By: Jessica Spencer

Jessica Spencer — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 19:21:17 +0000

Hi, I’m in the cast (nothing big), and I must say that I agree about John Keilty. He can be SO EVIL!!! Are you sure it was only the adults who got the drugs metaphor? By the way, you came on Tuesday when it was quite good, but it’s been getting better through the week so COME AGAIN!Incidentally, do you think we were convincingly happy at the end? Yours truly, An excited eleven-year-old