Rash Dash are a Yorkshire based dance/theatre/anything that works company whose last piece, Another Someone, was a slice of joy. Scarey Gorgeous would probably not fit most RT venues and not just because it needs a fairly well-tech'ed space but this show carries an 18 certificate for strong sexual content. Two dancer/actors share the stage and the performance with a live rock band, which provides the soundtrack and an act in its own right (CDs for sale in the lobby, folks).
The two leads are women who meet to form a band (with three others), they become nearly good friends, though with a high level of rivalry when it comes to band matters. They are talented and very physical dancers and some scenes use dance only to illustrate their developing relationship. These are intercut with conventional dialogue and also narrated scenes, which bring in other characters and stories. When one of them takes marketing the band to extremes by posting pornographic pictures of herself on the band's website, we are led into a narrative describing the effects of pornography on young people's love and sex lives. As a whole, it is more fragmented and not as successful as their previous work but this is a strong young company who get a general, if not specific to this show, recommendation. Would be great to see them develop something suitable for the RT networks. Charlie, Artery.
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