A Crumblingly Nostalgic Emblem of Old America
✮✮✮ Tracy Letts' Superior Donuts Southwark Playhouse | London directed by Ned Bennett American dramatist Tracy Letts' searing, Pulitzer-winning play August: Osage County played the National Theatre in 2008 after making a hit on Broadway with its acerbic dissection of a hapless Oklahoma matriarchy. By comparison, his second play to be performed in London is fluffier fare, turning an intimate space into a crumblingly nostalgic doughnut shop; a sweet emblem of Old America. Thro
Where Balance Meets Off-Balance
✮✮✮✮ 1/2 MESH Tero Saarinen Saitama Arts Theater | Tokyo For Tero Saarinen, the internationally acclaimed Finnish choreographer, Japanese culture has become a creative touchstone. 20 years ago he spent time in Japan studying Butoh under the famous master Kazuo Ohno, immersing himself in Japanese cultural customs such as Aiki-do and traditional dance. Blended with his experience as a ballet dancer at the Finnish National Ballet, his work has since been enriched to produce an o
