Arcola, LondonIt is not quite a whale of a tale, but the bright, young ensemble Simple8 live up to their name with this spare and atmospheric staging of Herman Melville's story. There may be a sly reference to Céline Dion's Titanic megahit My Heart Will Go On in the opening moments, but for the rest of the voyage they play it very straight.With a ship and a sea conjured with a few planks of wood, a sa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PM on April 9, 2013