Romeo Castellucci's latest production at the Venice Biennale Teatro masterfully encapsulates the unsettling themes of isolation and infection in a setting reminiscent of Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice.' Set on a remote island housing a former leprosy hospital, the audience navigates a dark, stripped interior filled with sounds and images that evoke discomfort and terror. The experience includes disconcerting images of living bodies in bags and a central scene of choreographed tyranny, underscoring a nightmarish atmosphere intensified by sound design that enhances the sense of foreboding and chaos.
The full terror of the show manifests in a bizarre and baroque scene of ritualised but unexplained tyranny, enacted through choreographed movement by an eight-strong cast.
There is a low electronic rumble of sound along its corridors which is as disquieting as the near darkness, evoking a chilling sense of isolation.
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