Hampstead Theatre, London: The artist Ai Weiwei has become famous for using his work to highlight Chinese state oppression. James MacDonald's production of Howard Brenton's new piece about Ai's incarceration in 2011 plays upon this idea that his art is a form of protest, by taking one of the containers used to transport his work and dismantling it to reveal a prison cell. A group of young fans watches …
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:37AM on April 18, 2013