By Ernest Kearney — Still is a stylishly staged deconstruction of a murder mystery, involving three high school students, that shifts between the police investigation immediately after the crime to a random meeting between two of the, centrally involved, figures years later.
“Still” director, Olivia Fischer (HFF18)
Chloe (Jazzara Jaslyn) is enclosed in a translucent coffin of water throughout the piece. We learn early on that she was focused on her work with the swimming team, and had a “special relationship” with water.
“The water,” she confesses, “holds me like the earth never could.”
It is also water, that cleanses, that symbolizes innocence, which foreshadows the truth between the murder at the center of the conflict.
A random encounter between Julia (Laura Lee Mostert), the girl friend of the murder victim, and Aaron (Nelson Menell), who carries the guilt for not protecting Chloe from the assault that leads to the crime, triggers repressed passions that begin to peel away the facts of the case until the truth is revealed.
Directed by Olivia Fischer, and written by her in association with the cast, Still, (which I believe is the Fringe’s first South African entry) is stylish, intelligent, superbly acted by a strong cast and beautifully staged.
That all adds up to a PLATINUM MEDAL.
♦ ♦ ♦
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