Not so much Unforgiven as unforgiveable, the latest from the People Show rides into the sunset of a town called Helkaville. Here the temperature rises, a neon sign screams "BAD" and the inhabitants are beyond redemption. Clearly an attempt to deconstruct the myths of the wild west, Play Dead drips with irony and fake blood.
Unfortunately, there is not much else going on behind the fake moustaches and wigs. As you would expect from the People Show this has higher production values than may plays on the Fringe and it is slickly performed. But it is sad that a company that was once so genuinely experimental in the way it embraced different forms and subjects should have in recent shows got so firmly stuck up the cul de sac of its own postmodern arse. Long before the hour was up, this cowgirl had the blues.
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