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Betroffenheit
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London EC1
4/5
BETROFFENHEIT, co-devised by choreographer Crystal Pite and actor Jonathan Young, mines personal trauma and the subsequent disturbance giving rise to an altered state of dependency as its subject matter.
The production is a delirious experience, with a “show-time” of acts jacked-up by post-shock delirium.
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