The End Is Nigh
Mar. 23rd, 2026 09:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magidThursday night I went to a performance of Liars and Believers’ The End Is Nigh at the Foundry, which has a black box space.
It was an impressive show about three contestants on the last game show on the air at the end of the world as we know it (complete with ridiculous ads). The expectation is that as they deal with this week’s Horsemen of the Apocalypse, only one will be left standing (this week’s Horsemen included War, Famine, Plague, and Ecological Disaster), but not only did the three work together to overcome the various situations, the supporting musicians found themselves changing, no longer believing that the pain and suffering of others was enjoyable entertainment.
The show is very accessible, with all the dialogue projected on the backdrop. The set was bare bones, using things like tarps. The costumes were varied, especially given there were at least 18 characters among the 6 actors. There were masks, shadow puppetry, and more, and a lot of really funny moments along with a serious message about treating people as full humans.
Another interesting show by this group; I look forward to talking about it with the director at first seder.
I went with a friend I haven’t seen in months, back from her travels. We caught up on the walk home (I spotted a witch hazel in bloom, planted in a microclimate that was office building on three sides so obviously just a bit warmer), doing our usual talking for ages at the point where our paths diverged. It was long enough that we saw six cop cars going by in one direction at the end of shift change, then another six coming out, plus another two after someone’s car was stopped in the middle of Inman Square. The car ended up being impounded, so my guess is drugs, but really, I have no idea.
It was an impressive show about three contestants on the last game show on the air at the end of the world as we know it (complete with ridiculous ads). The expectation is that as they deal with this week’s Horsemen of the Apocalypse, only one will be left standing (this week’s Horsemen included War, Famine, Plague, and Ecological Disaster), but not only did the three work together to overcome the various situations, the supporting musicians found themselves changing, no longer believing that the pain and suffering of others was enjoyable entertainment.
The show is very accessible, with all the dialogue projected on the backdrop. The set was bare bones, using things like tarps. The costumes were varied, especially given there were at least 18 characters among the 6 actors. There were masks, shadow puppetry, and more, and a lot of really funny moments along with a serious message about treating people as full humans.
Another interesting show by this group; I look forward to talking about it with the director at first seder.
I went with a friend I haven’t seen in months, back from her travels. We caught up on the walk home (I spotted a witch hazel in bloom, planted in a microclimate that was office building on three sides so obviously just a bit warmer), doing our usual talking for ages at the point where our paths diverged. It was long enough that we saw six cop cars going by in one direction at the end of shift change, then another six coming out, plus another two after someone’s car was stopped in the middle of Inman Square. The car ended up being impounded, so my guess is drugs, but really, I have no idea.