Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, Jermyn Street Theatre
For a play that involves a lot of movement, it is the freeze-frame stillnesses in Athol Fugard's Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act that linger before the eyes once it is over. Six times bright photographic flashes capture the two protagonists, trapping them, their illicit affair, and their shame, in our gaze for an endless moment. These images are both the climax and the starting point for the drama…