Trickster

In other news, assuming that Tejas ever defrosts, I highly recommend the new play Trickster at the Vortex Theater in Austin.

The play is just wonderful overall. The cast is comprised in some part of magickal people, and includes a revue of the trickster gods of the world. But unlike some previous Vortex work, the magickal theater aspects are not at all heavy handed. The play is smart and funny, the tunes are catchy, and some of the tricks are downright captivating.

And of course one of the things I loved best were the acrobatics. Sadly, Anansi did not make as much use as she could have with the lovely rope spider web. But both Anansi and the Monkey King did incredible work with a hanging rope and some long nylon curtains off a carabiner, doing incredibly talented self-suspensions by wrapping themselves in the long sashes. Mix that up with the Monkey King's completely irrepressable humor and sexuality, and I was biting my knuckles by the end of the night. So good.

I think it's probably showing weekends for three more weeks. That is, if central Texas ever dries out and warms up . . .