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Theatre

Corpse! really is as good as everyone says it is

14 March 2020

9:00 AM

14 March 2020

9:00 AM

The Haystack

Hampstead Theatre

Corpse!

Park 90, until 28 March

Here’s the problem. Much communication is done online, especially by youngsters, and much drama focuses on communication. So how do theatre-makers represent emails and telephonic chitchat in ways that are stimulating and realistic? The usual solution is to mount blank screens around the stage and to beam the comms on to the boards while the characters crouch over their devices, tapping away.

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