Take one talented actress, a wild-west setting, one spunky cowgirl, a flamboyant flamenco dancer and Death as it might be portrayed by Danny Dyer. Add a sprinkling of oddball characters and stir. Now you've got the makings of 'Death Rides A Horse' a one-woman show about the hunt for purpose, love and revenge featuring a cast of over a dozen characters, each ably realised and performed by Rama Nicholas.
The show opens in a small town in the Wild West where we meet Katarina, a young cowgirl living in a whorehouse. Her parents are dead and she was abandoned on the steps of the whorehouse as a baby to be raised by the Madame there who has steered her away from wanting to join the ranks of her employees.
When the sleazy and corrupt town Sheriff - Boo! Hisss! - shoots and kills the Madame in an argument following Katarina's refusal to throw a horse race, our heroine shoots the Sheriff, killing him and goes on the run across the desert.
It is here that she encounters a delirious Flamenco dancer named Augusto who is trying to find and kill Death itself for taking his bride on their wedding day.
What follows is fine mismatched buddy comedy with romance and songs and quite a few surprises.
Nicholas herself is simply astonishing in this. She leaps from character to character - sometimes within the same song - effortlessly and appears to have boundless energy as she dances across the stage inhabiting each different perspective. The lyrics of each of the songs act as exposition and flesh-out the characters well.
Currently on at The Fringe Hub in North Melbourne it finishes its run on September 27th, this is an energetic and fun production with a stand-out central performance. Brilliant.
The show opens in a small town in the Wild West where we meet Katarina, a young cowgirl living in a whorehouse. Her parents are dead and she was abandoned on the steps of the whorehouse as a baby to be raised by the Madame there who has steered her away from wanting to join the ranks of her employees.
When the sleazy and corrupt town Sheriff - Boo! Hisss! - shoots and kills the Madame in an argument following Katarina's refusal to throw a horse race, our heroine shoots the Sheriff, killing him and goes on the run across the desert.
It is here that she encounters a delirious Flamenco dancer named Augusto who is trying to find and kill Death itself for taking his bride on their wedding day.
What follows is fine mismatched buddy comedy with romance and songs and quite a few surprises.
Nicholas herself is simply astonishing in this. She leaps from character to character - sometimes within the same song - effortlessly and appears to have boundless energy as she dances across the stage inhabiting each different perspective. The lyrics of each of the songs act as exposition and flesh-out the characters well.
Currently on at The Fringe Hub in North Melbourne it finishes its run on September 27th, this is an energetic and fun production with a stand-out central performance. Brilliant.
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