Dead Certain
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Average of 5 stars from 1 ratings.

CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jul 8, 2010
Closed Aug 14, 2010

Playing at
Royce Gallery

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Running Time:
1hr. 20min.

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Dead Certain is the captivating tale of an out-of-work actor who is hired by a reclusive, theatre-obsessed ex-dancer to privately act out a play she has written. The truth and illusion become almost inseparably entangled in this real life game of cat a mouse. The suspense builds layer upon layer as this taut psychological thriller gathers speed at an alarming rate towards a gripping climax.

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" This production is the sleeper of New York City's small theatre season to date...Mr. Lloyd's Oxford education is on display in this excellent work and it only goes to prove what an above average foundation in literary skill combined with mindful direction can do to produce a complete and unblemished theatrical product." - Retrovisionmedia.com NYC.

"A standing ovation for this deadly jewel of a play." - SF Station

"What makes it more intriguing is its self-referential theme, as Lloyd interweaves the plot with the story of its creation." - San Francisco Chronicle

"Returning from a stint in New York, Dead Certain rolls into town alive and kicking...This neatly staged production of British playwright Marcus Lloyd's 1999 thriller is genuinely enjoyable and gripping..." - SF Bay Guardian

" Fine performances which resonate with quiet believability and psychological (albeit twisted) honesty...Recommended for die-hard fans of mysteries and thrillers as well as purveyors of good acting, Dead Certain will certainly entertain." - SF Bay Times

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:

Royce Gallery

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What are other members saying?

RE:Dead Certain
If you like small theatre and you wouldn?t be reading this if you didn?t let me tell ya, it just doesn?t get any better than this. A smart snappy cold reading of an amateur playwright?s new script segues seamlessly into a dark psychological thriller, seasoned throughout with enough wry laughs to keep the audience just off balance. The set?s plain, as it should be, sustaining that voyeuristic sensation of looking through a stranger?s living room window, watching. She and her guest meet there for what seems to be the first time, and that?s all I can tell you. You?ll have to see it for yourself. The plot would seem complicated, if the writing of Marcus Lloyd wasn?t so good. The two actors perfectly cast in their increasingly disturbed roles make the machinations of a play within a play within a play seem completely logical. Diana Brown is the damaged, off-center Elizabeth, and Michael, or is it Mike, or Mick Andrey Esterlis, doesn?t know what to think. And neither do we. Except that when the curtain falls, we?ve had a rare and intimate experience, one in which some of us can see ourselves. Review by David Hirzel davidhirzel.net

Reviewed by DavidHirzel on Sunday, Aug 1st, 2010