National Theatre / The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other

For a moment, a bright, empty town square. And then a figure darts across, and another and another -- businesspeople, roller-bladers, a cowboy, several street-sweepers, a halfdressed bride, a film crew, a line of old men, a tourist, a beauty in a mirrored dress, Abraham and Isaac, a family of refugees, a fool -- more and more people, the bizarre and the humdrum, fleetingly connected by proximity alone. Surprising, funny, fast and physical, this is theatre to set the imagination on fire. Twenty-seven actors, 450 characters and no dialogue: a play without words by the great experimental figure of European theatre, Peter Handke. From 6 February http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/thehour E-trailer produced by Stephen Cummiskey, with music by Mel Mercier.