Review – Sticky Feet

So, this show is pretty much exactly what the Fringe is about. A group of young artists bringing audiences something off-the-wall but utterly real.

Sticky Feet is simultaneously atypical and totally relatable. Before the crowd’s eyes the three characters develop as human beings: starting out with grunts and squeaks, these proto-people learn to speak and walk and interact. They gain self-awareness, egos and tentatively come to be themselves, all the while reflecting to us our awkwardnesses and idiosyncrasies.

Sticky Feet is a quick-paced blend of absurdism and physical comedy where the protagonists battle themselves, each other and even nature itself to show the audience that people are complex: we are all capable of strength and weakness, gauche-ness and confidence, innocence and malice, and they aren’t always mutually exclusive.

The set design (reminiscent of Wilfred Prieto’s White Library after an attack from acrylic paint wielding kindergarteners) along with the simple but striking makeup and costumes worked harmoniously to create a backdrop fitting for these caricaturesque characters to build their story. The confined set made for some intense moments between the characters and the audience, bringing everyone together on this exploration of the social aether that occupies the spaces between people.

All together a thoroughly honest exploration of the ever-questioning neurotic within us all, brilliantly performed and intelligently produced, Sticky Feet is a company to watch out for.