Complicite “Shun – Kin”

“Shun – Kin” is the last performance of the “Complicite” theatre company, based in the work of Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, one of the most important writers in Japan. It’s the story of a blind woman and her always loyal to her husband, who stands her cruelty love and can find the beauty and the intelligence that are hidden behind this behavior.
The performance combine the characteristics of the Japanese theatre and of the “Complicite” identifiable style. 110 mins with no interval was the harmonic result of this combination.
Whereas the performance was really exciting, the mediums that they used were really simple. Sometimes, I was wondering if the video that they projected served the performance, or, if it was not necessary. The previous performance of “Complicite” that I attended was the “A disappearing number”, where the video created every time the set design - actually, it was the set design. I was just thinking if the use of video is finally an easy way to create a more intense atmosphere, or contrary, if it is really difficult to achieve to create this, by combining video in theatrical forms…
All in all, “Shun – Kin” was one of the best performances I have attended in London.