Amm(i)gone Reviews
Washington Post- Recommended
"...Exploring these kinds of subtle nuances and finding common ground among differences are key themes in “Amm(i)gone,” Mansoor’s meta production (co-directed with Lyam B. Gabel), which in a brisk 80 minutes chronicles what happens when he and his mother decide to translate “Antigone” into Urdu together. Mansoor, surrounded by an abstract set of wood cutouts and mosaics, outlines their task through dialogue, video and audio recordings and projected imagery."
DC Theater Arts- Highly Recommended
"...An intellectual script, powerful language, and a dynamic performance make the piece a moving and awe-inspiring experience. The show asks profound questions of the audience in a way that makes us feel intricately crucial to its success. Mansoor commands the stage, in complete control and ownership of the narrative, while leaving room for open expression and reaction from his audience, a master class in present and generous performance."
Talkin Broadway- Recommended
"...Washington's Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company continues its series of works examining cultural specifics and differences by showcasing Adil Mansoor, who came to the United States as an infant with his Pakistani mother and is now a theatre professional based in Pittsburgh. His one-person play, Amm(i)gone, is framed as his attempt to connect with his mother by asking her to help him translate Sophocles' tragedy Antigone into her native language of Urdu."
MD Theatre Guide- Highly Recommended
"...“Amm(i)gone” at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is a transformative work that carves its own space in contemporary theatre. Created and performed by Adil Mansoor (with co-direction by Lyam B. Gabel), this uniquely compassionate, innovative solo-performance explores the complexity of relationships and the barriers to connection that “loving hard” creates. In the process, it provides the space that we all need to learn how to listen between the lines."
BroadwayWorld- Highly Recommended
"...The semantics and silence that delineate love and disclosure are operating at full throttle in the probing personal story of playwright and performer Adil Mansoor in the theatrical experience that is entitled Amm(i)gone. As the uber-talented Mansoor invites his very traditional Pakistani mother to translate Sophocles’ Antigone into Urdu, one soon realizes that this is just the starting point of a very interactive theatrical exploration that soon unspools into a multi -layered explication of the issues of culture, faith, family, history and, most especially, the special bond between a mother and a son."