Theatre
Shunt: Money
Shunt Warehouse

10/5/2009 till 9/25/2010
42-44 Bermondsey St. SE1 3UD
020.7378.1952
Tube: London Bridge/Borough



£20

Tue to Sat 7:30pm / Fri and Sat also 9:45pm
The tobacco warehouse which Shunt use for Money is less cavernous and sprawling than their extraordinary old venue Shunt Vaults, but it is used very differently. In front of the audience stands a huge towering, industrial metal construction -- one that wouldn't look out of place in the industrial revolution. Oil dripping, clanking, lights flickering, we wonder what this machine exactly is. Then we are walking up the wrought-iron steps, avoiding the water, oil and dirt, into the heart of this terrifying machine. Terrifying indeed, and for the first minute the noise, heat and claustrophobia are almost unbearable. Then everything is whipped away and we are in a smart, business-like waiting room. Shunt has created a fantastic machine for this performance and they use and transform it effortlessly. Floors merge into one another, and we watch the scenes, bizarre as they are, from every angle. Loosely based on L'argent by Emile Zola, the audience is made aware of parallels with bankers, the future, the present, and a collapse of order. Money is important -- as one character says, "the future will be expensive, but we can afford it". This performance barrages your senses and leaves you wondering whether the future really will look like that.

NB: runs till 25/09.

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Theatre | 10/5/2009 till 9/25/2010
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Tom McCarthy
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