Ion took Greek theatre to a whole new level and even included references to an Xbox and included toys in the background. It was a short piece of theatre with minimal text. It was a very physical peice of theatre. I found the script to be a little lacking places and although it was a good effort inturpreting a story into a good piece of text, it lacked any class and the script felt a little GCSE. The actors did a great job though, even though the script was lacking in some areas. On the plus side, it was colourful and the way the leading lady portrayed her words with no words was great. Jack who played Ion did a great a job too, he portrayed the character with a lot of innocence and naiivity even though he was blindfolded.
There were references to immersive theatre in this piece as in the start the characters came out and recited lines to the audience. Again it was a very small, dark room so the immersive theatre references made it a whole lot more menacing.
I would not see this again, but if anyone is interested in new theatre with modern takes on ancient greek theatre then this would appeal to you.
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