{"id":100,"date":"2014-09-29T09:05:16","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T07:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecritter.co.za\/?p=100"},"modified":"2023-02-28T19:26:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T19:26:56","slug":"dont-be-a-stranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thecritter.co.za\/?p=100","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t be a stranger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Stranger Things<\/em>,<em>&nbsp;<\/em>directed by Jaques De Silva,&nbsp;is pure fun, a physical theatre and miming delight. Ryan Dittmann plays Bronwyn, a stressed, overworked restaurant owner who just needs to make it through Valentine\u2019s Day without any hiccups.<\/p>\n<p>With nothing other than his body on stage, he brings to life<!--more--> a busy restaurant filled with customers, a conniving chef, deaf barman, friendly mama, sexy assistant, team of waiters, a charming Rasta, and more! He doesn\u2019t skip a beat, shifting lightening quick between his well-imagined characters. As the restaurant fills up, the pace intensifies \u2013 building tension until&nbsp;its surprising end.<\/p>\n<p>Now, without any trouble we wouldn\u2019t have the zany&nbsp;comedy we do.<\/p>\n<p>Chickens fly the coop, the Mo\u00ebt &amp; Chandon mysteriously disappears, Tommy the newbie waiter charms his way into the storeroom with sex-starved Stef, the fish order hasn\u2019t arrived, the queue is never-ending\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Will Bronwyn cope? Will he make it home to his wife on Valentine\u2019s Day? Will the strange shenanigans cropping up, be explained?<\/p>\n<p>Dittmann and De Silva make a great comic team. The story line is crafted, the lively&nbsp;characters are&nbsp;a hoot, the energetic performance is impressive.&nbsp;And it\u2019s cleverly detailed in mime: a kitchen swing-door, a&nbsp;heavy bar hatch, a brawl or two&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Our small Sunday evening crowd tittered and giggled throughout. This type of show needs a roaring crowd though, giving back the energy Dittmann gives us. He drops the ball not once.&nbsp;<em>Stranger Things<\/em>&nbsp;is highly enjoyable so grab a big group of pals, and treat your selves to this imaginative comedy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capetownfringe.co.za\/events\/stranger-things\/\">Click here for production information<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stranger Things,&nbsp;directed by Jaques De Silva,&nbsp;is pure fun, a physical theatre and miming delight. Ryan Dittmann plays Bronwyn, a stressed, overworked restaurant owner who just needs to make it through &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/thecritter.co.za\/?p=100\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[152,366,707,787,946],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thecritter.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thecritter.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thecritter.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thecritter.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thecritter.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/thecritter.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4963,"href":"http:\/\/thecritter.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions\/4963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thecritter.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thecritter.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thecritter.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}