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At Volcano Theatre

Volcano Theatre company- the Town That Wen Mad , , January 1, 1998

The debate about why Wales is a leader in the world of international contemporary theatre could and will echo around forever. What is indisputable is that it is. One company at the cutting edge is the Swansea- based Volcano Theatre. Its current tour is The Town That Went Mad. This was originally Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood and under that name received rave reviews. The company took Thomas's now somewhat limp prose and violently shook it back to life. Then the purists got upset and performance rights were blocked. Undeterred, Volcano continued with the theme but withdrew the 'great man's' words, leaving a powerful dramatology of people inhabiting a world gone mad: and considering the furore, a refection which Thomas himself would have appreciated. Volcano has performed as much abroad as at home - if not more so. Last year it went to South America, Canada, Cermany, Norway, and two East European countries. This was on its own initiative.

Reviewed by: Swithin Fry

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