Engine REVIEW

Engine By Janis Balodis Directed by Julian Louis Presented by NORPA and La Boite Roundhouse Theatre, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane Connecting with young people about dangers like hoon driving can be tricky. It doesn’t seem to matter how many teenagers die in car crashes, they keep coming, harder and faster. Engine is an engaging piece about the devastation of losing a family member to the road and has the potential to send a “slow down” message to audiences through entertainment. Melanie Zanetti gave just the type of sincere performance that could successfully reach young adults. Her character, Tash, is a high school student struggling with the loss of her brother, Stevie, to a car accident. She acts out by cutting herself and withdrawing from her previous life, becoming obsessed with Stevie’s unfinished engine rebuild in the family’s garage... By Kellie Scott. To read the full review please visit http://www.brisbanecritiques.com