Kathryn Hunter brings us a showstopping performance throughout. With a simple costume shift we are transported to the forests of Poland Exploring the tight knit community and how it attempts to either live alongside, or dominate, the surrounding wildlife, we are treated to many complicated and contrasting characters who perfectly drive the story forward. As more unexplained deaths begin occurring, she seeks solace in her friends, in astrology and in nature. Upon discovering the death of her neighbor, Janina (Amanda Hardingue) sees this as the stars aligning and nature taking its revenge upon the hunters of the valley and the corrupt members of the community. Told in ‘one take’ so to speak, with no scene breaks bar the interval the audience and the actors are left no room to breathe as we are presented with a barrage of raw emotions, deafening sound effects and harrowing imagery. Based on the novel by Olga Tokarczuk, directed by Simon McBurney and performed by the fantastic Complicité theatre company, the show expertly explores themes of nature, belief, conservationism, grief and life. Full of unexpected twists, turns and surprises ‘Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead’ delivers a standout tour de force in narrative, visual storytelling, theme and tone. Deep in the woods of Poland, something mysterious is going on.
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