For my second one-man show of the day I headed to The Space at North Bridge to see
"Stripsearch" which was written last year by Peter Scott-Presland for the Homos Promos production company.
Daniel Onadeko plays an ex-squaddie who takes us through his life as a youth turning tricks for money, joining the army and then getting into stripping. Cleverly ( and intringingly for certain members of the audience) at each each climactic point ( pun intended) of the piece he would remove a further item of clothing.
I was expecting a play about a stripping ex-squaddie with nudity and gay overtones but this was a highly layered (pun unintended) piece of drama. It is a detailed and true examination of someone gradually dealing with emotions that they had buried within themselves. The writer, director and producer ( amazingly all one person) allowed the Daniel to understand his own nature after the audience had worked it out, which is a brave and difficult feat to achieve.
Having praised the writing I must strongly recommend Daniel Onadeko's performance. No-one man show is easy but he exposes more than just raw emotion.
In an hour of surprises ( all pleasant) one of the biggest was hearing a lot of references to Caroline Street and The Kings Cross. As someone from Cardiff these were places I wasn't expecting to be mentioned here, but, even without any Welsh connections this is still worth a visit.
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