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Reykjavik (4 stars)

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Imagine being lost in a foreign country. Bright light and fog distorting your view. Whatever possessed you to come here? Part travelogue, part detective story, 'Reykjavik' is a journey through a city of extremes - mysterious, absurd and beautiful - in search of a half-forgotten love affair. Created in collaboration with neuroscientist Hugo Spiers, this immersive, multi-sensory installation and playful performance invites you, as witness, to ask: how far can we trust our own memory? 'Smooth and dreamlike ... it is captivating throughout ... heartfelt meditations on love, forgetting and inevitability' (BritishTheatreGuide.info). Ages: PG

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Reykjavik

19 Aug 20104 stars

Get on the next flight

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