![]() The young performers are astonishing: volatile but never out of control, searingly passionate and yet always forensic". It feels as if love has been bricked up in these tunnels and, by entering the space, the audience unleashes it, making private pain public. The dark claustrophobic space with its many dead ends is massively atmospheric. "Atmospheric projections throw images of the performers against the walls, and the performers throw each other through the air with a Pina Bausch-style abandon. The audience are encouraged to lose themselves in the action, whilst the characters lose themselves in the most extreme of emotions as they search for the light of love glimmering through the darkness. ![]() So it’s fitting that Brazilian director Renato Rocha will be staging his exploration of Shakespeare’s most painful and poignant moments deep in the Dorfman Hub space beneath the Roundhouse.įeaturing scenes from Hamlet, Othello and Romeo and Juliet and performed in promenade by a cast of London and Brazilian teenagers, The Dark Side of Love is an intense and atmospheric experience with stunning digital projections. ![]() įor many of Shakespeare’s most tragic characters, love represents not an ascent into heavenly bliss, but a descent into hellish despair. Extracts from The Dark Side of Love performed at the Roundhouse.
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