Angel

Angel is the story of the “Angel of Kobane”, who abandoned her law studies to become a sniper and purportedly killed up to 100 ISIS members. It is the third and final piece of Naylor’s trilogy “Arabian Nightmares”.

This script makes no apologies and takes us on a dramatic narrative with grit and reality; a rarity in live theatre - actual life and death drama. The plot starts at a trot and quickly gets up to a gallop through to the end. Director Michael Cabot has set Angel on a bare stage with just one wine barrel, which is used to great effect as the play progresses.

Avital Lvova shines in this monologue, using her physicality to enhance the context of the character which added to the reality being created.  Her delivery is well paced and confident if a little rushed at times. Improved timing and more definition in the vocal range would help to define the different characters and would have strengthened an already powerful performance. Simple pauses would have allowed the audience to absorb some moments before being rushed onto the next “scene”, but this will undoubtedly improve as the season progresses.

This piece is exactly what the Fringe is for - new, different and definitely not run of the mill.

Maxine Grubel

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