Burning, a new play by Thomas Bradshaw has a very attractive cast which is a good thing because we see them all, and I do mean all. The program has a very firm bum on the cover, and I do not believe that any were missed in the production. Enlightened people may not care, but then why is it on the cover?
This is the story of an artist who withholds his ethnicity from the public because he want his work judged only on the merit of the work and who leaves his blond wife to travel to Germany where his work will be shown in a gallery run by neo-Nazis. It does not seem as if this will turn out well. It is also the story of love in its many permutations. Many questions may be asked about art and history and what matters and what doesn't and do we care about these people.
It is not boring. One is absorbed throughout so I guess we must care about these people, but one also has the feeling that cliches are being aired, and there is less being said than imagined.
Recommended cautiously.
This is the story of an artist who withholds his ethnicity from the public because he want his work judged only on the merit of the work and who leaves his blond wife to travel to Germany where his work will be shown in a gallery run by neo-Nazis. It does not seem as if this will turn out well. It is also the story of love in its many permutations. Many questions may be asked about art and history and what matters and what doesn't and do we care about these people.
It is not boring. One is absorbed throughout so I guess we must care about these people, but one also has the feeling that cliches are being aired, and there is less being said than imagined.
Recommended cautiously.
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