REVIEW: RealiTV
Media Education || Festival Radio Project| 'RealiTV' Venue: The Spaces on the Mile @ The Radisson Reviewer : Joe and Nicola |
‘RealiTV’ gone too far? Does the world’s obsession with reality TV need to stop right now? This clever piece of theatre shows ‘Big Brother’ contestants competing, not for money but for a life supply of medical treatment! ‘Medical Treatment’…I hear you say. Is this the sort of viewing we all have to look forward to?
3 contestants all with individual problems- kidney disease, infertility and AIDS compete to win treatment by completing a number of tasks for EVIL ‘Big Brother’, also the presenter known as ‘Fifi La Fox’. Trickery, Lies and Embarrassment are all the measures which this make believe show tries to inflict on the remaining contestants, all in aim of rocketing viewing figures and the big bonus for its Davina McColl nemesis.
The story also reflects on the powerful message, which the actors are trying to communicate. Although a serious production, there are many moments of humour, which creates a feeling of ease throughout the theatre, particularly at the nasty arguments the characters have under the pressure of living in the house. This play is not real life, but will audiences in the future find reality shows like ‘Realitv’ entertaining?
Walking out of the theatre the audience leaves with a number of questions in their minds, creating reactions and leaving effects on the viewer, something WACtheatre company certainly achieves with ‘Realitv’. Certainly worth a look!
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