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Theatre Review: The Girl with No Heart

Sparkle and Dark’s production of The Girl with No Heart tells the story of a young girl who enters into a world torn apart by a war.

One of the most interesting things about this haunting production was the way in which the story was told. The combination of live music, puppetry and origami throughout the show helped the audience feel like the children that are in the play. This meant that the overall result was even more harrowing because seeing such an empty world through a child’s eyes is really quite saddening.

However the production’s performers created such warm and realistic characters that you could not help but want to remove them from the tragic world they were in. The charismatic performances lifted the play at some of its darker moments and always took it in different, but significant, directions.

It was different from what I expected because it was completely unique and original and was a really interesting and truthful way of performing a play.

I think the event would have been better if the story had some more exciting and dramatic elements because there were times when my attention dropped slightly.

I would strongly recommend this production to others because it can appeal to a large audience due to the variety of the show but also because of the interesting story and exciting method of storytelling.

by Nick Pearce