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Not a Word review " superbly strange tale makes the mundane mesmerising by Lyndsey Winship

Barbican, LondonLittle happens in this wordless show about an Irish navvy who lives a lonely existence and yearns for home but it is oddly affecting One egg cup on the shelf, one tin mug, one knife, a game of Solitaire. Such are the trappings of a lonely life. On stage is a sparse home, washed in grey dust, the light a specific shade of dingy. A weary body gets home from work, pulls off heavy boots, strips to saggy u…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM on January 22, 2025

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