| Instead, we saw a set of eight variations that was choreographed more than dramatized and was very sketchily written. With next to no dialogue, but filled with recorded music, dancing, and plenty of 'physicalization', the three performers in black cocktail dresses could have easily walked right out of a Broadway production.
Clearly, the director's plan was to tell the story through the considerable dancing and acting abilities of the three female performers, but this meant that the play — and surely 'the play's the thing' — failed to deliver characters that engaged us, and missed out on bringing depth to its themes.
In a way, it was all quite 'cute', charming, and a taste of Strindberg Light.
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