These Trees Are Made of Blood review - Argentina`s dirty war becomes a cabaret
(The Guardian Argentina)

Arcola, LondonA satire set in a seedy nightclub turns a revealing spotlight on the evil trickery of the 1970s junta and the scandal of the `disappeared´During Argentina´s rightwing dictatorship, which lasted from 1976 to 1983, thousands of people disappeared, murdered by the military. Women who were repeatedly raped and gave birth while in detention had their babies taken from them to be brought up by families loyal to the military. In the decades since, the mothers and the grandmothers of the disappeared have kept their memory alive. This show takes a novel approach by turning the tale of Ana (Charlotte Worthing), who disappears while on a student protest against the cost of bus fares, into a musical cabaret. It´s set in the seedy Coup Coup club where the General (Rob Castell) and his henchmen (Neil Kelso and Alexander Luttley) are magicians who can indeed make people disappear and whose torture looks very much like the old music hall trick of sawing a lady in half. Continue reading...