DNA
From: Tuesday, 28th February 2012
To: Wednesday, 29 February 2012
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Synopsis
A group of teenagers do something bad, really bad, then panic and cover the whole thing up. But when they find that the cover-up unites them and brings harmony to their otherwise fractious lives, where’s the incentive to put things right?
Our Review:
Anne Morley-Priestman - 28 February 2012
Limbo, theologically speaking, is a type of holding-pen for the not-to-be redeemed. The troubled teenagers who people Dennis Kelly’s play have committed a serious crime in the shape of a prank which went badly wrong. Now they attempt a cover-up, one that’s equally criminal. But the repercussions of this are overwhelming, particularly on the more vulnerable members of the group. They are, in more than one sense of the word, in limbo.
It’s an intense and sombre piece of writing; the flashes of humour are equally dark, and the predominantly young audience in Ipswich had a nervous edge to its laughter. Director and designer Anthony Banks uses projections and a strip of artificial turf laid over a floor-cloth marked out as one of those ubiquitous QR codes to focus and to shift the action. Played without an interval, the tension is heightened by Alex Baranowski’s dark commentary of a score.
Central to the drama are Phil (James Alexandrou), bord...
Creative
Dennis Kelly (Author)
Hull Truck (Company)
Anthony Banks S:Anthony Banks (Director)
Alex Baranowski (Sound)
James Mackenzie (Lighting)
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