←Recommendations of Last Gasp

  • John Mabey: Last Gasp by David Beardsley
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    There’s so much to enjoy about LAST GASP by David Beardsley. The sci-fi is both comedic and thrilling as it all feels just within reach. As tension builds throughout, Beardsley constantly raises the stakes through to the surprising and unexpected conclusion. A great addition to any festival that will definitely have the audience talking afterward.

    There’s so much to enjoy about LAST GASP by David Beardsley. The sci-fi is both comedic and thrilling as it all feels just within reach. As tension builds throughout, Beardsley constantly raises the stakes through to the surprising and unexpected conclusion. A great addition to any festival that will definitely have the audience talking afterward.

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  • Bethany Dickens Assaf: Last Gasp by David Beardsley
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    There is so much to recommend about this fine play: the humor, the characterizations, and the building tension are all wonderful elements, and Beardsley is adept in drawing them all in a short time-frame. This is one of those plays where you immediately want to see it with an audience and feels the reactions in the room.

    There is so much to recommend about this fine play: the humor, the characterizations, and the building tension are all wonderful elements, and Beardsley is adept in drawing them all in a short time-frame. This is one of those plays where you immediately want to see it with an audience and feels the reactions in the room.

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  • Christine Foster: Last Gasp by David Beardsley
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    Beardsley's brilliantly conceived short play is gripping, imaginative and truly chilling. I would love to see this onstage as the audience gradually figures out that the characters are not what they seem to be, that time is not what it seems to be, and that our species' survival is not going to even be a 50-50 proposition. I had goosebumps.

    Beardsley's brilliantly conceived short play is gripping, imaginative and truly chilling. I would love to see this onstage as the audience gradually figures out that the characters are not what they seem to be, that time is not what it seems to be, and that our species' survival is not going to even be a 50-50 proposition. I had goosebumps.

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  • Rachael Carnes: Last Gasp by David Beardsley
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    A deeply-felt, heartbreaking and - amazingly - funny play, about the end of the world. Beardsley writes with finely-tuned dialogue and characters that come to life.

    A deeply-felt, heartbreaking and - amazingly - funny play, about the end of the world. Beardsley writes with finely-tuned dialogue and characters that come to life.

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  • Franky D. Gonzalez: Last Gasp by David Beardsley
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    David Beardsley's LAST GASP makes me recall several great works of poetry and literature. It recalls Eliot's final lines in The Hollow Men, it makes me think of Poe's sci-fi short The Converation of Eiros and Charmion, but with all of the humor and laugh out loud moments of the best most pitch black comedy routines. It'll have you feeling the stakes and working toward the massive reveal that will leave your jaw dropped. You'll laugh and then go "ohhh..." right after. A really fun, yet interestingly meditative, play about the human condition in the hour of greatest crisis.

    David Beardsley's LAST GASP makes me recall several great works of poetry and literature. It recalls Eliot's final lines in The Hollow Men, it makes me think of Poe's sci-fi short The Converation of Eiros and Charmion, but with all of the humor and laugh out loud moments of the best most pitch black comedy routines. It'll have you feeling the stakes and working toward the massive reveal that will leave your jaw dropped. You'll laugh and then go "ohhh..." right after. A really fun, yet interestingly meditative, play about the human condition in the hour of greatest crisis.

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  • Marj O'Neill-Butler: Last Gasp by David Beardsley
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    This short play is close to what may be eerily true about climate change and the end of the world as we know it. A final lifeline, 5000 babies in cryogenic suspension and a looping tape...is this the end of the world? This is an important take on climate change and our future an this planet.

    This short play is close to what may be eerily true about climate change and the end of the world as we know it. A final lifeline, 5000 babies in cryogenic suspension and a looping tape...is this the end of the world? This is an important take on climate change and our future an this planet.

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