Les Sept Planches de la Ruse January 14, 2009

Les Sept Planches de la Ruse
Compagnie 111 and Scènes de la Terre
14 - 17 January 2009 / 19:45
Barbican Theatre

Tickets: £10-26
subject to availability
Les Sept Planches de la Ruse meaning The Seven Boards of Skill is the spectacular new work conceived and directed by Aurélien Bory. Based on an ancient Chinese game, the tangram, in which seven different shapes are manipulated in almost infinite combinations, the show demonstrates how geometry is capable of producing exquisite visual poetry.

On stage, seven giant, interlocking forms are assembled and manoeuvred with incredible agility, strength and cunning by fourteen performers from Dalian, China. As the performers climb, balance and vanish into voids, new images are created evoking abstract landscapes, terrifying ravines and skyhigh city towers, they are vivid metaphors for human experience.

Performance time: 19.45
Running time: 75 mins/no interval
Latecomers will not be admitted

Age guidance 8+

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Official Website: http://www.barbican.org.uk/theatre/event-detail.asp?ID=8210