Rash Dash are a theatre company to watch. I was lucky enough to catch their show Another Someone when they performed it at the National Student Drama Festival and it was one of the most inspiringly sincere and layered pieces I had ever seen. It was therefore with real excitement that I took my seat at Bedlam for their new show.Whereas their last piece was an exploration of love and rivalry, this show focuses less on the universal concept of romance and instead on the equally omnipresent feeling of lust. Lust for power, fame, acceptance and also for other people is explored by this wonderful duo. The story follows two women in a band together, exploring how sex is used as an advertising tool and also as a hierarchy by the duo. But more than that, it is also a brilliant celebration of what sex in modern England means, and what it is to be a woman in the current day.It is a piece entirely different from their last; instead of irony, subversion and musical comedy there is a focus on something darker and more uncomfortable. There is no direct ineraction with the audience except for the monologues about the younger couple (beautifully written and utterly realistic pieces of writing) and in general it is less winsome and more gently uncomfortable.Whilst I preferred the style of Another Someone, it is one that is inappropriate for the story they are trying to tell here. The music (whilst less integrated) is fantastic and the band deserve as much commendation as the two women singing, dancing and acting throughout. Every element of the show is incredibly strong and the show is to be commended for dealing with quite a large topic with great sensitivity and power.
