Three actors played more than ten characters in an absurd drama through a mixture of fast-paced physical comedy, caricature and musical.
The inhabitants of the small, quiet town of Noware include a grumpy war veteran, two irate farmers, a landlord-cum-policeman and reverend, gossipy housewives, three kids Beth, Steff and Jeff, a village idiot, and a vain but dim Mayor Har and his advisor, Mr Who.
When Attacus Hooft, a town planner with visions of grandeur, arrives with his pretty daughter, Anna, he convinces Mayor Har that Noware needs speed bumps, one-way systems and speed limits to make everyone speak slowly to avoid confusion.
Hooft soon realises you just can't control human beings as his plans comically come unstuck.
Platform One is an intimate venue and well-suited to this production.
It was a pity that so few people turned up to the opening night as the actors put so much energy into the performance.
The simple stage design was effective in helping the audience use their imaginations; orange poles and red wooden circles became road signs, roundabouts, tables, wheelchairs and bars.
The way in which the actors wove themselves around each other and swapped characters, re-wrapping scarves and swooping around the stage, was perfectly seamless and convincing: just like a three-man comic dance.
The musical highlight of the show was a rendition of My Favourite Things from The Sound Of Music: Lines relating to town planning were cleverly matched to the original song. For example, "pelican, puffin and zebra crossings/L-plates to tell us that drivers are learning/these are a few of my favourite things."
Changed Priorities was cleverly choreographed, original and funny.
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