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The reinvention of theatre, continued. After Kenneth Branagh's sell-out Macbeth in a Manchester church, and the Globe's battlefield performances, here is an even more innovative challenge: After the Tempest – The Tempest, one year on – performed after dark in London parks. For Teatro Vivo, what can be no-go areas simply become one more adventure to add to the story so far: Alice in Wonderland in an old warehouse in Oxford, Shakespearean sonnets in a Sainsbury's in Barking, east London, and an adapted Odyssey down Lewisham High Street. Almost anywhere is a possible stage for this most creative of theatre groups. The challenge they set themselves is to break free of tradition, reinterpret the classics and collaborate with their often youthful audience. It is a conspiracy to entertain and provoke that invites the onlooker to be co-conspirator. Absolutely not the West End. Take a raincoat.The reinvention of theatre, continued. After Kenneth Branagh's sell-out Macbeth in a Manchester church, and the Globe's battlefield performances, here is an even more innovative challenge: After the Tempest – The Tempest, one year on – performed after dark in London parks. For Teatro Vivo, what can be no-go areas simply become one more adventure to add to the story so far: Alice in Wonderland in an old warehouse in Oxford, Shakespearean sonnets in a Sainsbury's in Barking, east London, and an adapted Odyssey down Lewisham High Street. Almost anywhere is a possible stage for this most creative of theatre groups. The challenge they set themselves is to break free of tradition, reinterpret the classics and collaborate with their often youthful audience. It is a conspiracy to entertain and provoke that invites the onlooker to be co-conspirator. Absolutely not the West End. Take a raincoat.
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