REVIEW: A Dark Line Upstairs

REVIEW: A Dark Line Upstairs

Rating: 4 out of 5. A wittily woven tale of displacement and loneliness ‘A woman holding onto a tree’ – or in reality a dead potted plant. The silent image greets audiences as they file into the basement space at Baron’s Court Theatre for Matilde Vigna’s one-woman show, A Dark Line Upstairs.The story of starting anew, whether by choice or circumstance, takes the stage in two interwoven storylines: one of a community in Italy totally displaced by…

A Dark Line Upstairs – Barons Court Theatre, London - The Reviews Hub

Writer and Director: Matilde Vigna Matilde Vigna’s A Dark Line Upstairs is a compelling piece of storytelling. Beginning with the strange image of a woman seen clinging onto a tree for days on end, Vigna presents a vivid retelling of northern Italy’s catastrophic Polesine flood of 1951. She brings to life the extraordinary natural events, … The post A Dark Line Upstairs – Barons Court Theatre, London appeared first on The Reviews Hub.