“It’s also striking watching it now, in an age preoccupied with the rise of artificial intelligence, the extent to which it’s a hymn to the power of the human brain.”
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“There is no doubt that Stoppard makes the audience work, with a series of huge ideas and knotty concepts. Stoppard wants to convey that there is beauty in science as much as there is in art.”
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“Cracknell’s production is almost seamless and she has assembled probably the finest cast you’ll see on stage this year.”
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"The production has an inbuilt exuberance and is invigoratingly realised. It’s like a complicated piece of algebra, exquisite in its difficulties, unsolvable to the end."
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“Arcadia is a perfect play, which means there’s a lot less wiggle room for a director to impose themselves.”
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“The intimacy of Cracknell’s production – presented in-the-round, beneath two elliptical lighting rigs that suggest planets in orbit – creates a sense of magnified scrutiny.”
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“There were more than a few moments during this evening when the lengthy disquisitions on the nature of the universe left me feeling as slow and ponderous as the tortoise”
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“The play continues to shine, though – a multi-faceted gem that glimmers in every light, thought-provoking and profoundly moving.”
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