Last year Little D-Fects popped and fizzed their way onto the Fringe circuit with the wonderful Orwellian satire Happiness and it’s pleasing to see that the young troupe have returned to Edinburgh with the same vim and vigour as before.
While Happiness was a quirky, darkly comic piece, their new offering, Eenie Meenie Miny…, is a far murkier, more sinister affair that combines music, dance and theatre to create a complex multi-faceted tale of childhood games, dares and bullying. As before, the D-Fects use interpretative dance very effectively in their storytelling and it has to be said that their movements are slicker, snappier and more expressive this year, essentially meaning that their inclusion has even more relevance in this production.
Physical theatre can easily put a number of people off a production but, rest assured, Little D-Fects’ fresh, easily accessible style makes Eenie Meenie Miny… readily available to all.
If there were to be any criticism of this production it would simply be that some of the music is a tad too loud and drowns out the occasional piece of dialogue. It is a small point, and one that is easily fixed, and doesn’t really detract from the overall effect. This aside, Eenie Meenie Miny… is an exciting new play from a very interesting company.
4/5
Richard Biggs
