Mozzz!

A buzzing tour de force, Mozzz! is quite spectacular in presenting a unique view of an emotional, poetic, angry yet romantic, young, philosophical mosquito! Mozzz is so human: thinking about getting laid, worrying about hurting people, looking askance at the lairy swarm, that you think it’s a terrible pity that he’s only around for one week or so. This would be great as a long running soap opera (with new mosquitos), as well as a 45 minute play of a single, lone, sex-obsessed one. The impeccable script sparkles with every word, new and old: crepuscular and malarial. Insect terminology jostles with climate change and vector-borne diseases that you are carried along on a life-cycle ride through the battle between humans and insects, the battle between men and women, young and old, those who want to harm and those who want to heal. This play is so multi-faceted that even its facets have multi-dimensions.

The actor and playwright Richard Crane is superb in unveiling the different dangers and concerns of a lovable mosquito. The energetic director Faynia Williams succeeds again in bringing another socially conscious and original creation to the stage. The intimate Latest Musicbar is an ideal setting for Mozzz allowing the eponymous hero to buzz around both stage and audience at different heights. Well done to Faynia, Richard and Brighton Theatre for this vector-borne delight!

Latest Musicbar, 13 May 2017

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