Review: Sputnik Sweetheart, at Arcola
Adaptation of mystical novel about unrequited love is beautifully staged and choreographed
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Adaptation of mystical novel about unrequited love is beautifully staged and choreographed
Adaptation of mystical novel about unrequited love is beautifully staged and choreographed
Here is a story of unrequited love in which boy meets girl who meets another girl. The doomed love triangle features K (Naruto Komatsu), lusting after Sumire (Millicent Wong) who, in turn, is drawn to Miu (Natsumi Kuroda). Based on the novel of the same name by Haruki Murakami, in which these characters’ lives become entwined but might well be figments of each other’s imaginations, Bryony Lavery’s script sleekly realises the
The enigmatic 1999 novel about three entwined lives is sleekly adapted by Bryony Lavery and sharply directed by Melly Still
The stage adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s novel runs until 25 November