Theatre review: Dreaming Under The Southern Bough
Star rating: **
Venue: TheSpace on Niddry Street
Produced in collaboration by the University of Leeds with China’s University of International Business and Economics, it understandably leans more heavily on Tang’s lesser known (in the West) tale of a soldier’s dream about a journey through a kingdom of ants whose society mirrors our own. While the modern framing device is soon forgotten, scenes of political intrigue do little other than give a talented young cast the opportunity to mouth swathes of exposition without ever providing an engaging narrative.