Matthew Bourne, the man who reinvented Swan Lake, turning it into the sexiest and most moving dance phenomenon of the 1990's, has created a Play Without Words for the National Theatre, which begins previews Aug. 20.
This non-verbal story tells a movement-based narrative set among the Chelsea set in the early 1960's, and is strongly influenced by the new wave cinema of that period — like Losey's The Servant.
Bourne's long-time designer Lez Brotherston works with him again, as does composer Terry Davies. Play Without Words looks set to be one of the highest-profile and most popular events of this year's radical Transformation season.
—By Theatrenow
