A Disappearing Number

Synopsis

Simon McBurney takes as his starting point the heartbreaking story of one of the 20th Century's most important mathematicians - a poor Brahmin from South India - a man who dreams of India, and an Indian physicist who dreams of the future. It's a show that spans two continents and explores the dreams of our new nomadic society.

Our Review:

15 September 2010

This is the third incarnation of Complicité’s multi-award-winning production, but the show has lost none of its brilliance since it was last seen at the Barbican in 2008.

Two great romances are presented to us via the complex and beautiful mathematics that underpins them. Taking place simultaneously in Chennai and London, Cambridge and Bangalore, as well as in the present and the past, these stories explore the human desire to understand our place in the universe.

[Simon McBurney’s] company makes innovative use of projection alongside simple, recurring choreography to move the action in space and time while maintaining a crucial sense of connectedness between each of the protagonists.

Nitin Sawhney’s pulsing score feels underused and there are a couple of moments of contrived theatricality here, but A Disappearing Number is an engrossing piece of work that will move you as much as it makes you think.

- Jo Caird ...

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