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Much can be revealed through the humble phone call
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By Cameron Woodhead
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★★★★
Theatre composed entirely from telephone dialogue might not sound automatically appealing. Handheld devices can make dictatorial demands on our attention, and part of theatre’s draw these days is being told to switch off your mobile phone to concentrate on the here and now.
Yet Periscope Productions has created fascinating and inventively staged drama from the conceit.
Mason Phoumirath in The Human Voice at Meat Market
Credit:Sarah Waker
The Human Voice picks up the baton from Jean Cocteau’s 1930 play