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Operation Elsewhere, Big Telly Theatre Company
Pure escapism from the doldrums of lockdown
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
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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