Showing posts with label Golem. Show all posts
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Friday, 24 April 2015

Review: Golem at Trafalgar Studios



Golem
Trafalgar Studios
Reviewed on Thursday 23rd April 2015
★★★

Presenting some very accurate observations surrounding our obsession with technology, 1927's latest production Golem has transferred to the West End following a run at the Young Vic. The satire aptly combines live theatre with animation, setting it apart from anything else currently running in London.

Friday, 27 February 2015

Young Vic's Golem transfers to Trafalgar Studios

Following its run at the Young Vic, theatre company 1927 are transferring Golem - their visually arresting and satirical take on our misuse of technology - to Trafalgar Studios. The production opens on 22nd April (previews from 14th April) and runs until 22nd May.

Mixing live performance and music with film and animation, Golem follows the life of extraordinarily ordinary Robert Robertson, whose life is irrevocably disrupted when he buys a golem – a creature who will improve the efficiency of his daily affairs. But when Robert upgrades to superior model Golem 2, the show questions what happens when man is no longer in control of machine.

Golem is directed and written by Suzanne Andrade, with film, animation and design by Paul Barritt – who jointly won Best Designer at the 2014 Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards for the production. Music is by Lillian Henley and associate direction and design is by Esme Appleton.