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A Hunger Artist, Seven Arts Leeds
Opaque exploration of art and the human condition
UNSPOKEN ANGER: Henry Petch (left) in A Hunger Artist
JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
FRANZ KAFKA’S deceptively straightforward style of writing forces readers to search for deeper meaning. It’s an approach that CVIVarts has sought to emulate in this debut production, an adaptation of his 1922 short story A Hunger Artist, which follows the eponymous protagonist (Henry Petch) from his first to his 40th day of starvation at a circus.
He’s only rarely given his own voice, with his warder (Richard Koslowsky) and the narrator (director Carrieanne Vivianette) interpreting the motivations behind his act.
His unspoken frustrations and anger are instead conveyed through physical movement, choreographed by Phil Sanger, with repeated poses losing their vigour as his act progresses and public interest wanes.
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