Review: Haruki Murakami stage adaptation has visual whimsy, textual weirdness
The staging of 'The Strange Library' uses innovative design to create a dreamlike experience, reflecting the surreal qualities of Murakami's writing.
Yuko Kawamoto, centre, in The Brides by David Glass Ensemble and Topi Dalmata, with Julian Crouch as design consultant, at Jacksons Lane, London, as part of the London international mime festival Standing at the Sky's Edge by Chris Bush and Richard Hawley, directed by Robert Hastie and designed by Ben Stones, at the National Theatre, London Emmet Byrne, Dan Skinner and Killian Coyle in The Walworth Farce by Enda Walsh at Southwark Playhouse Elephant, directed by Nicky Allpress and designed by Anisha Fields Jemima Brown in Surge, part of the double bill by Tom Dale Company, designed by Barret Hodgson, at the Place theatre in London The RSC's Hamnet, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti from Maggie O'Farrell's novel, at the Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, directed by Erica Whyman and designed by Tom Piper Figures in Extinction [1.0] by Crystal Pite and Simon McBurney at Sadler's Wells, performed by Nederlands Dans Theater with set by Jay Gower Taylor and costumes by Nancy Bryant Lenny Henry in his play August in England at the Bush theatre, London, directed by Lynette Linton and Daniel Bailey, and designed by Natalie Pryce Corps Extremes choreographed by Rachid Ouramdane for Chaillot, Theatre National de la Danse, performed at Sadler's Wells, London, with costumes by Camille Panin Maxine Peake in They by Kay Dick at John Rylands Library, Manchester.