TV culture: the way we watch, and why we watch: who with, when, and what. ARE YOU STILL WATCHING.
In its own (borrowed) words, this chaotic play is a big ball of wibbly-wobbly stuff. ARE YOU STILL WATCHING is haphazard – references are thrown all over the place – and certainly needs tighter structuring. But the sketches are mostly energetic, the props outlandish, and the cast invested in their subject.
In the spirit of this being about TV, I’ve put some highlights and thoughts in a format recognisable to anyone who’s ever had access to a television.
The Arden School have set themselves a difficult challenge; theatre is inherently not the best art form for exploring television. It could have been slicker, and it could definitely have been funnier. But –