This Lear is not huge in any way. Heavily trimmed, it remains
focused on core themes. To those who know the work, it is honest if a
little over-simplified.
Using a science-fiction premise, this “grey comedy” takes place on an
isolated archive facility far removed from Earth, in the equally
distant year 16022.
Benedict Andrews’ high energy production, for Company B Belvoir,
makes this brilliant theatre classic, about a couple struggling to find
meaning in their empty lives, feel like a brand new contemporary play.