Patterns

Complicite's A Disappearing Number at the Barbican. A performance centred on the Indian mathematician Ramanujan and his relationship with G.H. Hardy, set against a present-day story. It's had nothing but rave reviews. Patterns throughout: mathematics, music, theatre. If I felt that the patterns emerged more clearly during the post-performance discussion than in the performance itself, that may reflect my own theatrical obtuseness rather than a lack of coherence in the piece itself. After all, if Marcus Du Sautoy feels that this play communicates the experience of mathematical creativity, who am I to disagree?