The Architects
From: Tuesday, 27th November 2012
To: Saturday, 2 February 2013
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Synopsis
Tapping into tales of modern and Ancient Greece, shunt will use the contemporary resonance of the Minotaur myth to map out a labyrinth in a South East London warehouse. In the custard halls of the Biscuit Factory in Bermondsey, the walls are smeared with history: the history of mass producing biscuits. Shunt have taken the extraordinary liberty to extend this history to ancient Greece. This wildly disorientating performance chases the tail of myths, memory and misanthropy; and the vague hope that amongst you there might also be a hero. shunt are a collective of artists creating and curating live performance in unusual locations within London. They aim to challenge the model of the single author. Past projects include Money at Bermondsey Street Warehouse, Tropicana and Amato Saltone at London Bridge Vaults, and The Ballad of Bobby Francois and Dance Bear Dance at the Bethnal Green Arches alongside the legendary shunt lounge at London Bridge. Shunt have been awarded the Total Theatre Award in 2000, the Time Out Live Award in 2003, and the Peter Brook Empty Space Award in 2003 and 2005.
Our Review:
5 December 2012
The last time I visited V22 it was for a swing dance lesson and I felt that the massive disused biscuit factory in Bermondsey had great things ahead of it (besides of course, my interpretation of the Lindy Hop). The National Theatre has clearly thought the same: giving free reign to Shunt to create a "wildly disorienting" immersive theatrical performance.
Disorienting maybe, but certainly not wild. The audience is initially left to wander through a plywood maze, a frugal labyrinth offering a few glimpses at closed circuit television and booming sound effects. So far, so underwhelmed. More impressive is the main chamber: a decked out cruise ship complete with playing band, a bar and large projection screens. It is here that the main story unfolds and the crew of the ship endeavour to entertain us, the cruise patrons.
There are moments of comedy as the band play songs inappropriate for the cruise and the attendants joke about the debauchery patrons are engaging in. U...
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EW - 10 December 2012:
Lazy use of space, dreary content, underwhelming finale....
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