Birmingham RepExpressive performances and arresting effects heighten this mother-son tragedy, primarily told through British Sign Language This drama opens with a lilting evocation of summer: a back-screen bursting with pink blossom, the twitter of birdsong and a reading of the Shakespeare sonnet: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" This lyricism remains throughout but The Promise turns into a quietly devastati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM on April 10, 2024