‘The Win Bin’ is set in an awkward job interview where there
are six candidates who are endeavouring to attain the last arts job in England.
At first, we are familiarised with two out of the six contestants, Bash and Knock
who are fighting for this job. Bash, a comic book artist who is 6ft has to
perform in from of a judging panel called, The Bench, who we do not see whatsoever, in this
audition she has to dance her heart out but as you’d expect she is not the most
strongest of dancers. Knock on the other
hand is a choreographer and obviously he performs the stoutest audition
technically, as you can see his streetwise personality is comparatively unlike
to what we might expect him doing as a career. Over the duration of the performance, the six
finalists for this final job opportunity have to compete in an exhausting
twelve-hour day in a Reality/Talent Television show format where they are being
evaluated by The Bench who in a Big Brother like fashion are ordered to perform
certain artistic moments. The action,
throughout meanders with Bash and Knock performing a mime scene where they’re
in a lift and is up to The Bench to decide what kind of lift they are in, but
no word must be uttered in this sequence. The other four candidates, Hum, a taxidermist,
Flap, a neurotic American textilist, Tread, a writer and Sniff, a photographer
are put through a painstaking ordeal to succeed in their quests to acquire the
job, yet the central protagonists are Bash and Knock and we soon learn that
Bash can be somewhat vindictive in her strategies to be offered the employment
prospect. She goes behind Knock’s back to say he is not worthy of being given the
job, this angers Knock as he open up to her and the audience about the fact why
he needs the job. This is to prove to his mother and father that his career
path in choreography was fundamentally worth it as he never received any approval
for them, so he becomes immensely emotion as he is in fear that his parents
will laugh at his face. At the finale,
Bash and Knock are still battling for the final job, but it is not clear who
the lucky recipient of the last Arts job in England. Kennedy’s narrative is
exceptional as the comedy elements are really first-rate and very funny indeed,
alternatively, there are a lot of moments where we feel bad and sorry for Knock
as this is the last chance saloon for him to prove to his parents that they are
wrong which was a moving scene indeed.
One found the performances by the company of, ‘The Win Bin’
to be remarkably portrayed with such rib-tickling panache and has elegance
about it. Kate Kennedy is delightful as, Bash, Flap and Hum; essentially when
as Bash you can see how her height has caused some sort of glitches in her
life, also her dance moves do leave a lot to be desired which in a nutshell
shows the comedy apects of the show in a brilliant way. Wilf Scolding is
marvellous as, Knock, Tread and Sniff; primarily when as Knock his reasons for
why he wants this job is really touching
indeed and endearing, equally his dance abilities are particularly strong and
polished which was stunning and lovely to witness as he captures both humour
and heart-wrenching moments.
Sara Joyce’s direction is fantastic her as she has devised a
show that proves that with the cuts to the Arts in England that many people
have to consider that if they want to work in the arts that they need to work
hard to achieve their goals, plus the attention to detail in the
characterisations were increasingly comprehensive. Bethany Well’s set and
costume designs are idyllic as even though there is no explanation to the black
and red dots within the set you can just imagine that this could convey the
competition of people desperate for the last job in England is more prominent
than ever, furthermore the black costumes shows how bleak the circumstances are
in this battle. Overall, the experience
of, ‘The Win Bin’ was a really entertaining and thought provoking production
for those entering careers in the arts such as I am at this present stage.
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