Co-produced by Cheek by Jowl, Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico (CNTC Madrid) and LAZONA; in collaboration with the Barbican, London and Scène Nationale d’ALBI-Tarn, France Directed by Declan Donnellan Designed by Nick Ormerod ★★★★ A stillness. Enjoy it - it isn’t going to last long. And then, for the next 130 minutes, chaos. The undiluted chaos as Life is a Dream messily ricochets across the Royal … Continue reading Life Is a Dream – Royal Lyceum Theatre
https://youtu.be/5CS7KWnRU64 Written & Directed by Maciej Barczewski Poland/2020/91mins ★★★★ It is 1940. And the first transports to the newly constructed concentration camp Auschwitz have arrived. Reclaiming an inspirational account from the Holocaust is a neigh-on difficulty, and even those films which manage lift the tale into problematic avenues. And this is not to say there … Continue reading Champion of Auschwitz
"A subdued but brutally realistic look at redemption and forgiveness"
