Golem, by the theatre company 1927, is alive with irony, humanity and imagination, a perfect blend of form and content
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1 of 1Golem, by the theatre company 1927, is alive with irony, humanity and imagination, a perfect blend of form and content Donald Cooper/Photostage
This funny, unsettling and unforgettable satire from the theatre company 1927 is a Frankenstein for the 21st century.
Like Mary Shelley, the show’s creators Suzanne Andrade (writer and director) and Paul Barrit (designer and animator) are following on from the Jewish myth of the golem, a clay automaton created in man’s image.
They nod to Gustav Meryrink’s 1915 novel, Der Golem, too. After that, though, they use their own unique mix of live action and animation, eerie and genteel, of modern settings and antiquated English accents to depict the creeping contemporary convergence between man and machine.
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