Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
74%
74%
(5 Ratings)
Positive
80%
Mixed
0%
Negative
20%
Members say
Ambitious, Great acting, Absorbing, Profound, Resonant

About the Show

Complicité's brand-new production based on the Nobel prize-winning dark comic novel.

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Critic Reviews (8)

Time Out London
March 29th, 2023

“...‘Drive Your Plow…’ is more recognisably theatre as we know it, and by the impossibly high bar the company has set it’s reasonably conventional. But you don’t need to change the game every time: it’s just a joy to see the old magic flow forth once again.”
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The Guardian (UK)
March 29th, 2023

“Theatrically, this is a masterclass in how to fill a big stage, in part through sound and lighting.”
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The Telegraph (UK)
March 29th, 2023

“The production is excellent at spiriting up and sustaining that nightmarish, visceral quality – with howling winds, remorseless gun-shots, much darkness...this looks like a valuable addition to the Complicite corpus but a not quite (or not yet) vintage one.”
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The Times (UK)
March 29th, 2023

“The dichotomy between ruthless humans exploiting the good earth doesn’t exactly leave much room for nuance. We get the ecological message long before the light fades for the last time.”
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The Stage (UK)
March 31st, 2023

"This is a piece that demands patience and close attention. But it’s a stealthily potent and unsettling enchantment."
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WhatsOnStage
March 29th, 2023

“...it is worth admitting that I belong to those who know what's coming – the rug pull that makes the novel so impressive. Which is a bit of a shame – I expect the show will perhaps be more enticing for those who don't know its carefully guarded secrets.”
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The London Evening Standard
March 29th, 2023

“Fans of the novel won’t be disappointed. This is a loyal but innovative adaptation that wonderfully brings to life the dry comedy and compelling strangeness of the text”
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The Arts Desk
April 3rd, 2023

"The central theme of interconnectedness has made for a marvellously multi-dimensional show, but the layering and cross-referencing felt at times seems counter-productive – though maybe it’s asking too much of a delightfully poetic piece of theatre to always be crystal- clear"
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