Culture

CAB SAV was devised and created in collaboration with its cast, and what a delightfully ‘savvy’ cast they were! A team of very passionate performers and producer and director Karin Reid created a wonderfully entertaining night that blended satire, music, dance, comedy and puppetry, drawing inspiration from 1930’s Berlin to reflect on and allude to “sins, hypocrisy, and the shortfalls of the human condition”. With quirky humour and a dash of romance, nostalgia and a wee wink-wink-nudge-nudge to politics both national and local, the performers defiantly made the cold blistery winter walk to the theatre worthwhile.

Highlights included Jimmy Currin’s ‘masochism tango’ a beautifully awkward but increasingly passionate vignette, and dancers Hahna Briggs and Ana Martino who had a brilliantly strong presence, and had choreographed fantastically gritty and dynamic pieces which were simultaneously playful and rough, making wonderful use of their bodies, space and sound. Reid has a very rich voice but I felt she was holding back - it would have been nice to have seen her completely let go and fully relax into her songs. In saying that, I loved her take on Adele. One little thing that was holding the team back was that the music and voices felt at times like they were competing with instead of complementing each other. But other than that tiny gripe, CAB SAV was most fun!