The Dark Side of Love
From: Tuesday, 26th June 2012
To: Sunday, 8 July 2012
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Synopsis
Inspired by Shakespeare's tragedies, The Dark Side of Love is a delirious and dreamlike journey into the depths of what we do for love.
Our Review:
28 June 2012
It's a great time for Bardophiles. The World Shakespeare Festival is ensuring that Will is everywhere, on TV, radio, theatre, in analyses, discussions and productions across the country. None are likely to be as impressionistic as The Dark Side of Love, which brings together young performers from London and Brazil in a collaboration between the RSC, the Roundhouse and the London International Festival of Theatre.
At the beginning of this promenade production in the atmospherically dark underbelly of the the Roundhouse, the audience roams around the outer ring of the Hub, while performers present snippets in the many niches around the space. Some of the pieces are Shakespearean, while others offer more modern thoughts about love and death, in English, Portuguese, Italian and German. So far, so bizarre.
But once the audience is gently shepherded into the central performance space, the production takes off with a multi-media assault on the s...
Creative
Roundhouse (Producer)
London International Festival of Theatre (Producer)
Companhia BufoMecanica (Company)
Renato Rocha (Director)
Georgia Lowe (Design)
Richard Williamson (Lighting)
Jules Maxwell (Musical Director)
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