When I found out about Mosquitoes it was fully booked, but the gradual release of a few tickets and my willingness to head down to London for a Saturday matinee, meant I was lucky enough to see it.<\/p>\n
I think Mosquitoes is one of the most visually impressive plays I have ever seen, played in the round at the National Theatre’s Dorfman Theatre, it has a large disc suspended above the stage and a light show which accompanies elements of narration. Science and psychology collide in this play from Lucy Kirkwood in which two sisters, living very different lives, try to get along. <\/p>\n
Whilst the themes of the play are complex and emotional, there’s an awful lot of humour in it and I think that’s my biggest take away, really. We are a funny species. We use humour throughout the most difficult periods of our lives, sometimes inappropriately. It’s sometimes a crutch, sometimes armour. But it’s there. A story without humour lacks humanity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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