Figures in Extinction review " life, death and a heartfelt plea for Earth's creatures, humans included
Aviva Studios, ManchesterCrystal Pite and Simon McBurney's three-act dance work on the state of the world turns the stage into a living thing and morphs between sorrow, humour, fear and relief It's a state of the nation piece. Actually, not the nation, the whole globe, humanity itself. Not as pompous as that sounds. Necessary. This is the world premiere of Figures in Extinction as a full three-act work (in the UK, th…