By Jonathan Jones
Friday, July 1, 2011
Frank and Ferdinand by Samuel Adamson as presented by Ulidia Integrated College featured few brilliant young actors, all of whom tackled some incredibly complex material. The play itself was unfortunately complicated and difficult to follow; by the time I had some sense of what was going on, I had forgotten the entire opening. Essentially, a village in a war-ravaged country dealt with the overnight disappearance of 130 children. A metaphorical connection to The Pied Piper of Hamlin was engaged, but it was very difficult to determine how realistic the proceedings were or were we just indeed seeing a re-imagined Piper. Book ending the piece with a story book with "Once Upon a Time" on the cover did not help to clarify the subject anymore. Jack Kerr played an indomitable Sebastian (the Piper) and his charismatic gravitas were beyond believable, but much of the narrative was sublimated in murky water--waters indeed that drowned a number of the remaining children.
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