Tricycle theater production from the great game afghanistan

By Dennis Harvey. But the miscellaneous nature of authorial voices and approaches, combined with the lack of any overall arc beyond rough chronological progress, make this not so much epic theater as a very long string of one-offs that emerges as something less than the sum of its parts.

Near the end of its short U. Central theme running through the whole enterprise is that Afghanistan, innately unstable as the arbitrary conjoining of areas controlled by fiercely independent warlords, has for nearly two centuries been subject to intrusion by one foreign mostly Western power after another. Penned by a wide range of contemporary Brit playwrights, the works here often work best when most ambitious, offering a full meal in content terms rather than a merely clever or illustrative vignette.

The often impassable gulf between different cultural sensibilities dominates several pieces. We want to be like Allah. British colonial days are stereotypically imagined in early pieces by Stephen Jeffreys and Ron Hutchinson. Largely focused on the U. Home Legit Reviews. Oct 27, pm PT. To 14 June ; www.

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Themes touched upon in the short pieces could be taken to much greater depths in full length productions, interesting characters more fully explored. Yet as a torch to illuminate a country around which much of current world history revolves and which could prove pivotal in the future, The Great Game: Afghanistan is a shining light. Stay up-to-date. Buy Theatre Tickets. Kids Week.

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