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Operation Elsewhere, Big Telly Theatre Company
Pure escapism from the doldrums of lockdown
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JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
IF LOCKDOWN proves anything, it’s how the imagination helps escape the humdrum and make sense of lives in free fall.
Virtual meeting place Zoom has not only become the new normal, communication-wise, but a powerhouse of creativity. And the Big Telly Theatre Company, brainchild of founding artistic director Zoe Seaton, has been quick to explore its potential.
Operation Elsewhere, written by Jane Talbot and directed by Seaton, uses online technology with wizardry and flair while employing the interactive techniques of live theatre to take us on a journey into a mythical space between the “tick and the tock” of ordinary time.
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