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The Persians
Opens: 11/08/2010 Closes: 21/08/2010
SENTA - Sennybridge Military Range, Powys
Sian Thomas, Paul Rhys and Richard Harrington are among the Welsh cast for Mike Pearson’s Greek tragedy. Staged in a British Army training village, audiences will re-live the story of Xerxes, the Persian King, upon his
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The Independent“Pearson's excessive use of video becomes problematic...” You might think that, when the news of Persia's terrible defeat reaches Attossa, Thomas's desolation would be more poignant for being cinematically magnified. Actually, though, the multimedia split focus leaves you less engaged...
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Guardian“The combination of the story and the setting is overwhelming...” This superb production, with atmospheric music by John Hardy, literally takes one on a journey. And, as one went back down the hill after, strange lamentations emerged from the deserted houses...
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The Telegraph“One of the most imaginative, powerful and haunting events of the year...” The acting is blessed with both simplicity and passion, and as well as Thomas’s tour de force, in which she confronts the bitter depths of loss and despair. This is great theatre - and a thrilling mystery tour for its audience...
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