REVIEW: Torn, Royal Court (2016)
The catharsis of Adelle Leonce's performance as Angel will haunt me for a long time as she brings to life the searing hurt of Nat Martello-White's terrific writing.
The catharsis of Adelle Leonce's performance as Angel will haunt me for a long time as she brings to life the searing hurt of Nat Martello-White's terrific writing.
Timothy Sheader's production at the Open Air in Regent's Park is exciting, brilliantly sung and choreographed and, best of all, unbounded by walls. On a fine summer's evening, the cast join us progressing through the audience and immediately I felt we were witnessing a joyous sect of enthusiastic and inspired youth. They are magnetic so that you want to be part of them. They make their way down to the stage dominated by a 35 foot cross on the playing area.
Mike Bartlett's latest play examines the fate of Andrew (Jack Farthing) an American whistleblower who has changed the world by revealing secret activities including torture and mass observation, spying on citizens and other countries.