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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Arifa Akbar

Not One of These People review – the playwright as puppet-master

Cerebral performance … Martin Crimp on stage.
Cerebral performance … Martin Crimp on stage. Photograph: Carla Chable de la Héronnière

There are circles within circles of inquiries in Martin Crimp’s drama. Or is it non-drama? It is certainly an inquisition of story, authorship, theatre and reality that seeks to expose, maybe dismantle, the means of production within storytelling: how a story is delivered, who delivers it and how it is received in this theatrical space.

Not One of These People is directed and designed by Christian Lapointe and performed by Crimp himself. We receive most of it through a screen surrounded by camera equipment – somewhat appropriate for a play conceived during lockdown.

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