Another huge international hit for The National Theatre of Scotland (following Black Watch, Beautiful Burnout and Midsummer), I’d somehow managed to miss the initial performances and tour of Prudencia Hart – even when it was on Brighton’s Palace Pier last year. I had caught a few minutes of it at Edinburgh in 2011, and I […]
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David Greig / National Theatre of Scotland: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
January 31st, 2013 by Lisa WolfeHiroaki Umeda: Haptic / Holistic Strata
January 27th, 2013 by Lisa WolfeA black box becomes a white box then fades to grey. A blue line appears across the centre, dissolves, then reappears stage front. Into the shadow comes a figure, in silhouette. Hiroaki begins to move, isolating limbs, electronic beats behind him. He seems to emit energy. In this new twenty minute piece, there is much […]