There's so seldom theatre that lean into fantasy as much as this play does. HIleman takes images and concepts from a classic fairy tale and uses them to craft a world where magic is real, it is history, it's a fact of life, and it's destructive and wonderful. Time is spent setting up a world that is huge and epic, for a story that lends itself so well to a particular kind of stage magic. An adventure of spellcasters with hands deep in the pulse of lore and legend.
There's so seldom theatre that lean into fantasy as much as this play does. HIleman takes images and concepts from a classic fairy tale and uses them to craft a world where magic is real, it is history, it's a fact of life, and it's destructive and wonderful. Time is spent setting up a world that is huge and epic, for a story that lends itself so well to a particular kind of stage magic. An adventure of spellcasters with hands deep in the pulse of lore and legend.