GO SEE THIS SHOW!
From the beginning announcements to the "inadvertent" ending, EFS is an education in clowning. Oh, wait, first, it is FUNNY!
The three Cops give us demonstrations of their craft. Strong characters with clear relationships--a classic one, two three, each stupider (and I mean that in the best of ways) than the next--get entangled in a series of mishaps and misunderstandings that escalate emotionally and physically due to circumstances completely within their control.
A surrealist physical reality confuses the Cops as objects fly off one side of the stage and back on the other. Their own seriousness undermines them as they practice shooting, demonstrate interrogation techniques, and a robbery. Subtle gestures are misunderstood, as are obvious commands.
They ask us before the show to ignore what is happening behind the two wings. I enjoyed these guys so much that I wanted to see everything they were doing, and knowing what was happening behind the scenes did nothing to diminish the joyful play.
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Thanks for the review!
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