Review: Do Not Go Gentle (Queensland Theatre Company)
An accomplished cast brings Patricia Cornelius’ play about dementia, dying and doomed explorers to life, but textual density obscures emotional depth.
Elise Lawrence is a freelance writer and caffeine-based life form currently living in Brisbane, Australia. Her writing has been published in Limelight, Mous Magazine, Kyoto Journal and Hot Chicks with Big Brains, among others, and she blogs about her new home city at Backstreet Brisbane.
An accomplished cast brings Patricia Cornelius’ play about dementia, dying and doomed explorers to life, but textual density obscures emotional depth.
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