Theatre: Grasses of A Thousand Colours
Saturday morning over breakfast, we were discussing how it was possible to have sex with a cat. There was a general consensus at the table that it would be quite difficult as unlike a cow, a goat ( Silvia perhaps), or a big dog , a cat would have other ideas. I hypothesised that perhaps the cat could be used like some sort of muff . Such was the fascinating conversation that ensued after seeing Grasses of A Thousand Colours at the Royal Court on Friday evening. This play is part of the Wallace Shawn season at the Royal Court , and is a world premiere featuring Miranda Richardson , Jennifer Tilly and Shawn himself. Shawn plays a scientist who has managed to manipulate the food chain with rather surprising results. In amongst all that he has three women in his life and sex with a cat that ends up bruising his penis (or giving it a funny colour at least). Most of the story unfolds through a series on monologues. A series of monologues that lasted nearly three hours with only two ten m