Beyond the Front Line
From: Monday, 5th October 2009
To: Saturday, 17 October 2009
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Our Review:
9 October 2009
Hot on the heels of last month’s vampire drama They Only Come At Night: Resurrection, comes another co-production between the Lowry and site specific company Slung Low. Premiering as part of the ‘No Boundaries’ season, Beyond the Front Line explores the friction and ties between the civilian population, and the armed forces who serve us.
A promenade piece that takes place outside on the Lowry Plaza, Beyond brings the war abroad to our doorstep: Salford is under attack from the enemy and the British Army has taken up a position of defense. Under the dramatic guise of UN Inspectors, the audience are asked to inspect the war zone; inevitably we become enmeshed in the conflict.
Director Alan Lane is big on detail. Two hundred students from Salford University have been drafted in to play nurses and soldiers. There are searchlights positioned on top of a nearby office block. Explosions and mortar fire follow; ushered into th...
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