This was an
extraordinary piece of theatre. It involved the re-telling of the
take-over by terrorists of a school in Beslan. The perspective is
that of the children whose parts are played by Gytha Permentier and
Roman Van Houtven from BRONKS, a Belgian theatre company.
Of course, we cannot be
sure how accurately the child's perspective is captured but it was
based on the actual testimony of some of the survivors. It seems
plausible that the children are torn between the adventurer and
terror of what they are caught up in. They seem to adopt a very
factual, as the programme say 'aloof, almost' perspective.
Certainly it was a
captivating hour and an hour was probably enough. It is unlikely that
lengthening the event would have added to its impact.
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