Complicité

A strange, non-linear, surreal play that breaks rules of playwriting and staging. It weaves together several disparate strands of thought in an exploration of memory, anthropology, and human relationships. A bit of sloppy sourcing, some careless math in a couple of places, lose it a star. This is a fun piece to read, probably would be a fun piece to see, but I imagine the actual staging is quite challenging. Keeping all the pieces straight is difficult at first, but with a little work, it's show more possible to tell what's what, and the ride is quite a bit of fun. show less

A beautiful play that illustrates how math is the one true constant in our lives.

Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, has chosen to discuss Simon McBurney’s "A Disappearing Number ", on FiveBooks (http://five-books.com) as one of the top five on his subject - the Beauty of Maths, saying that:

"...This is really a mathematical love affair between G H Hardy, Cambridge mathematician, and the Indian mathematician Ramanujan. I worked with Complicite on their play about this relationship, because they were determined not just to talk about show more mathematicians as crazy characters but to embed the ideas of mathematics in the structure of the play...."

The full interview is available here:
http://thebrowser.com/books/interviews/marcus-du-sautoy show less