'The Mongol Khan,' Mongolia's 'soft power' drive arrives in London
The Coliseum in London’s West End is used to staging epic theatrical productions. But even for the capital’s largest theater, The Mongol Khan was unique.
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The Coliseum in London’s West End is used to staging epic theatrical productions. But even for the capital’s largest theater, The Mongol Khan was unique.
The Coliseum in London’s West End is used to staging epic theatrical productions. But even for the capital’s largest theater, The Mongol Khan was unique.
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This production is a spectacle, and a gloriously excessive one, and if you feel you’ve had your fill of stripped-back, minimalist shows, this is a show worth having on your radar.
The first thing to know about this Mongolian history show is that the khan in question is not Genghis. Instead, this soft-power bid from the tiny nation wriggling free of Russia and China (the latter has banned it for fear of rousing separatist sympathies) is set 2,000 years ago, although its arrival here marks a more recent event: 60 years since Britain established diplomatic relations with Mongolia. But despite that interesting backdrop, and a 70-strong cast, this epic production is, alas, epi