Hurts Given and Received: Kultureflash review

A brief but great review has appeared on the kultureflash website. Read it in full on the site.

...For the poet Mr Bach, the antihero of Howard Barker's latest play, cruelty and death are as necessary as the pen and ink he employs in his pursuit of great poetry. Actor Tom Riley imbues Bach with such charisma, and his victims are so willing, that it's impossible to condemn his excesses -- although it's obvious that his "poem" isn't even a figment of his own imagination, let alone anyone else's...