Theatre: This ambitious puppet adaptation of Ted Hughes' Crow really doesn't work
Last month I excitedly mentioned a puppet adaptation of Ted Hughes’ Crow which was flying in to Greenwich. Well it’s arrived, and judging by a preview showing I saw last night it’s a dreadful mess. I was going to review it here, but I discovered that webcowgirl had already pretty much summed it up.
“Two days after seeing Handspring Puppet’s Crow, I amazed that no one saw fit to stop this train wreck.”
There’s nothing worse than actors running across the stage, doing a twirl and running back again. And there was an awful lot of that, and nowhere near enough poetry.
Great review of what is, alas, an ambitious disaster. Tickets available here!
Webcowgirl – Review: Crow – Handspring at Greenwich Dance Borough Hall
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