| Unsettling and irresistible |
At Mappa Mundi |
| Mappa Mundi- Dangerous Liaisons , Blackwood Miners Institute , May 1, 2010 |
Mappa Mundi's terrific new adaptation of Laclos's scandalous epistolary novel from 1782 begins with a moment or two of decorous harpsichord. It doesn't last. Soon, there's the discordant shock of Adam and the Ants shrieking Kings of the Wild Frontier through the chamber music mixed with scraps of Beyoncé's Single Ladies.The effect is unsettling and irresistible, rather like Carl Davies's set: an aristocratic domestic interior dipped in shocking pink and sultry purples. It's punk-tinged, seething with a dark passion that's echoed in the cast's black attire. They are in mourning for the King, but the garb also reflects the moral bankruptcy at play here. "Genuine wickedness," Valmont (Keiron Self) observes, watching the Marquise de Merteuil (Lynne Seymour) at work. "You flatterer," she replies. The full review is available on the Guardian website here |
Reviewed by: Elisabeth Mahoney |
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