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Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
Winning X-factors
A new sci-fi drama has all the ingredients for a challenging and innovative night in the theatre, says KATHERINE M GRAHAM
JAMIE BRITTON invites readers to visit 3,500 locals as part of a marathon artistic pub crawl
JOHN GREEN welcomes a valuable and incisive analysis of a world become hyperpolitical but without the mass movement institutions to represent it
JAMES WALSH is moved by a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture, and a plea to work with, not against, the materials and minerals of our world
An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance
X
Royal Court Theatre, London SW1
4/5
ALISTAIR McDowall’s X sees a rag-tag group of British astronauts stuck on Pluto. With no radio responses from Earth — where, apocalyptically, no trees remain — and the failure of the scheduled pick-up to arrive, things start to disintegrate.
The clock begins to malfunction, meaning that the stranded group have no idea how long they’ve been there, plus there might be a little girl outside on the surface...
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