Elsinore image borrowed from Ex Machina website – click here.
Fewer than 24 hours after my hive-ridden return from the frozen north of England, Janie and I went to see this Robert Lepage/Ex Machina production from The Great White North (Canada).
In truth I remember little about it. I think I was squirming in my seat only in part because of the hives.
At the time, this sort of multimedia theatrical experience was novel, but it did seem, to us, that the technological wonder of it was rather superseding the drama and/or tension that we normally experience at the theatre.
Carole Woddis, in The Independent, made some rather similar points.
Here’s Charles Spencer’s take from the Telegraph:
Elsinore Charles Spencer Telegraph 22 Nov 1996, Fri The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Nick Curtis in the Standard truly rubbished the production.
06 Jan 1997, Mon Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Perhaps this piece worked better in colder climes.