The Overcoat
From: Wednesday, 13th October 2010
To: Saturday, 16 October 2010
Our Review: 
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Our Review:
Sarah Scott - 13 October 2010
I am frequently in a state of bafflement in the theatre, but rarely do I enjoy the process. However, comprehension is a mere petticoat to Gecko’s The Overcoat a radical treatment of Gogol’s short story . This is international physical theatre which ignores our general British foreign language deficiencies and dares to tell a story through Spanish, French, Russian and Japanese.
Having little idea what actually happened, I have returned at my leisure to the story itself, which is, as the company states, the ‘germ’ of the idea. Translation: that’s not going to help you much either…
Nevertheless, once you have overcome the language barrier(s), this is thrilling stuff. The story, of a downtrodden clerk toiling as a pointless pen pusher is as relevant now as it was in 1842, when this hugely influential work was written. Amit Lahav and his team have created a dark, grotesque tale. It is a stunningly surreal story, fizzing with idea...
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Gecko (Producer)
Lyric Hammersmith (Producer)
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