The problem with site-specific theatre is always what to do with the audience. You can have the greatest performance space ever made but if the audience can't see what is going on then what is the point?
The main problem with Corpus Soma's Road Safety was that, despite having two car park levels to play with, they had only found a small alcove for the audience, meaning anyone not in the front row only got a partial view of the action.
The piece featured two protagonists, a mud-covered man in his underpants, played by Michael Neale, and the car itself, a Volvo driven by Nick Evans, all backed up by music and sound effects supposed to put you on edge.
Neale's man was like a savage living in the urban jungle, confidently striding among the brutal concrete and hard tarmac of the car park before having his head turned by the bright lights of the car.
What initially started as a face-off territorial duel between the two became a love affair, as the man lovingly caressed the car's body and rolled around on the roof - perhaps reflecting modern man's love of his motor.
But once the man discovered the car's power, as he failed to push it backwards, his feelings turned full circle to hate.
This led to an over-extended confrontation as the man chased the car around and beat it with whatever weapons were lying around, from handfuls of dirt to a wrench.
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