My Country; a work in progress, National Theatre

Posted on March 12, 2017 by mkmswain

How quickly should art react? The National’s Great Britain opened right on the heels of the 2014 phone-hacking trial, and here again the theatre is speedy with this response to the EU referendum. But, as with Brexit itself, the piece feels rather in limbo: caught in the midst of unfolding events, rather than able to fully and insightfully reflect on them.

Read my full BroadwayWorld review here

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