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Murakami's End of the World adaptation delights London critics
Original: End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland review – Murakami’s marvel brilliantly brought to life By Arifa Akbar Barbic
A stage adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel 'Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World' has opened at the Barbican in London, directed by Philippe Decouflé. Guardian critic Arifa Akbar praised the production as a brilliant realisation of the author's dual narrative, set between Tokyo and a dreamlike walled town, singling out its bewitching, balletic treatment of the novel's unicorns.
Why now: A major new theatre adaptation of a beloved Murakami novel has just opened in London and earned strong early reviews.
Haruki MurakamiPhilippe DecoufléArifa AkbarBarbicanThe Guardian
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- End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland review – Murakami’s marvel brilliantly brought to life By Arifa Akbar Barbican theatre, LondonWith a dual narrative set in Tokyo and a world of dreams, Philippe Decouflé’s epic production is as bewitching as its balletic unicorns… · guardianfeeds@rssfeed.media · 2
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