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Is there or isn't there a hanged man in 'Sun'?

Hofesh Shechter's show had a dangling figure in the first night, none in the second. Which is better?

9 November 2013

9:00 AM

9 November 2013

9:00 AM

Hofesh Shechter Company’s Sun

Sadler’s Wells

Sun is one of those performances that confront reviewers with the eternal dilemma of whether or not it is appropriate to give things away. Yet a reference to what is a powerful coup de théâtre — namely a life-sized hanged hooded man falling from the rigs at the end — has to be made to appreciate what it is all about.

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