Utopia

Soho Theatre, Inner London
From: Wednesday, 20th June 2012
To: Saturday, 14 July 2012

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Synopsis

Enough of the dystopian visions, austerity measures and extreme renditions. UTOPIA is a night of humanity at its best, looking at a different vision of our future, a vision of humankind being both human and kind. Just look at what we could have won...

Our Review:

Michael Coveney - 22 June 2012

"A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at", said Oscar Wilde in The Soul of Man Under Socialism; similarly, a play that includes nothing but a set of random, abstract ideas of Utopia is usually well worth avoiding.

So it proves, alas, with this sorry mélange of feeble revue sketches and toe-curling musical items devised by Steve Marmion and Live Theatre’s Max Roberts, with a handful of writers including Simon Stephens, Dylan Moran, Chi Onwurrah MP, Janice Okoh, Michael Chaplin and Alistair McDowall.

Six actors in clown make-up and white costumes simper and spout clichés and gobbets of received wisdom by Aldous Huxley, Samuel Beckett (“Dance first, think later”) and, er, Adolf Hitler, for what seems like an eternity of torture devised for addicts of children’s television or Godspell, or possibly both.

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Latest User Review

Deep Thinker - 9 July 2012:

I can't say I agree with this interpretation. The script was full of texture. The range of scenarios in the show explored various guises of utopia that exist presently and existed in the past. There was an underlying theme that posed challenging questions as to whether utopian visions benefit our day to day lives or only serve to breed dissatisfaction associated with failing to meet unattainable standards. On the one hand, it was too pessimistic for an optimist like myself. On the other hand, I can recognise that it was a very clever, witty, challenging, and entertaining production. ...

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