Blue Thunder: A drama parked in place but still going places
The minibus doesn't drive, but elegant visual ideas are seen up-close.
10-13 Thomas Street, Dublin Fringe Festival
★★★★☆
From the back of a crowded minibus, you can see a rear-view mirror holding the bowed, weary reflection of an elderly man in the driver’s seat. In its small frame, Brian – a taxi driver, nicely played by Gary Lilburn – raises his head to leave a concerned, bumbling voicemail for his wife. Out of the house, finishing a shift at 3am, he doesn’t seem to be at home in his marriage either.