The Long Count – review

Barbican, LondonHalfway through this bizarre, semi-operatic production, an electric guitar is lowered on to the stage on a long rope and two men start bashing it with baseball bats. It's at this point I realise I haven't the faintest idea what's going on.I know the men with baseball bats are Aaron and Bryce Dessner, the songwriting twins from Brooklyn's all-conquering indie-rock heavyweights the National. And, because I've read the pre-show publicity, I understand it's a song cycle based on the...

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