"Overall, there is plenty here to enjoy, so much so that the missteps disappoint."
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Mark Wilding’s "Our Man in Santiago" is billed as a “raucous political farce” but it is neither loud and noisy nor hilariously funny. Inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s 1974 article in Harper’s Magazine concerning the CIA involvement in the death of democratically elected President Salvador Allende, the play supposes that the CIA had operatives in Santiago ready to kill Allende when General Pinochet launched his coup that took out Allende’s government and democracy in Chile for the next 16 years. While Charlie Mount, who also directed LA’s Theater West production in 2021, keeps the play bubbling along, the one-dimensional characters and the lack of real farcical stage business diminish the play to an overly long attempt at satire.
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"The play is billed as 'A raucous political farce…' There was nothing raucous or farcical about the performance I was at. It was as if the entire production had been submerged in thick mud."
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"'Our Man in Santiago' is a freeing and riotously entertaining night at the theatre."
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"If you like political satire with a twist of espionage, look no further than Mark Wilding’s new play, 'Our Man in Santiago'."
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