Estranged father, mother and son each doubled in Jon Fosse's mesmerising meditation Watching the stricken faces on the split screen, I felt at times like callow Farfrae in Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge: when faced with Henchard's account of his blackest misery, the young man replies "Ah, now, I never feel like it". Well, hardly ever. It's impossible not to be held captive by the eyes and words of the six actor…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:06AM on May 9, 2025