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Far Away, Young Vic Theatre by Aleks Sierz

How can you convey the sheer incomprehensibility of ghastly acts? While most playwrights, when confronted by the horrors of genocide, settle for a journalistic approach that is realistic and documentary, a brave handful of writers take a less well-trodden path. They explore the terrain of trauma by using their imaginations: they are not so much photographers as painters " and their visionary abstractions are often mo…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:31PM on November 13, 2014

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