In the Event of Moon Disaster Review
With a collection of calm and witty monologues intertwined with absolutely fantastic scenes of a hectic film set, In The Event Of Moon Disaster, written and directed by Nick Vagne, begs the question; what if the moon landing was fake?
It’s easy to feel like conspiracy theories are a new, relatively modern thing to the 21st Century. But misconceptions and half-truths have been going on much longer. One of the main examples is the belief that the Apollo moon landing in 1969 was faked.
And before you click away and try to escape the never-ending pit of human stupidity, just pretend for a moment that it was faked. That Apollo 11 exploded before reaching space. And that the government got a film crew together to fake it all. Let me ask you, have you ever considered what that would be like for the people involved? Have you ever thought about the inner psyche of the director or the prop maker?
In The Event Of Moon Disaster, is a zany, and playful take on the classic conspiracy. With minimalistic and intelligent design aspects, you constantly feel entranced by the ambience. Something I absolutely adored was the almost absurd scenes on the film set. While there was constant talking and chatter, Nick Vagne did a fantastic job directing the viewer’s eyes to wherever you needed to look. The choice to chop up these scenes with quiet, calm, monologues was definitely a good idea. All though I found some of the scenes dragged on longer than I would have liked, especially the monologues. I did however find myself growing to enjoy the monologues more as the show went on, and I applaud Flynn Maplebeck and Kate Wooden’s delivery.
In The Event Of Moon Disaster is a funny, silly, and thoughtful piece of work, and definitely an enjoyable watch.
3.5 Stars
Astra, 16 (She/Her)
In the Event of Moon Disaster played at Shopfront Arts Co-op from the 24-27 March, more information can be found here.