‘The Invisible Hand’ is set in a dingy prison cell in rural
Pakistan where we’re familiarised with American banker, Nick Bright who is a
connoisseur in the Pakistani market has been kidnapped by an establishment in Pakistan
who’s attempting to prevent a positive change and the group is governed by Iman
Saleem. We see that Nick offers advice to his jail guard, Dar who states that
he should use the supply and demand method in native Pakistan by earning extra
cash by trading potatoes as a side thing. However, due to the fact that Dar has
been in cahoots with Nick, it has agitated Nick’s captor, Bahir, who is in fact a British Asian, he
gets an idea that by using Nick’s financial expertise it could be a colossal benefit
to the incendiary group. When the plan is offered to Nick, he obviously agrees
as it keeps his brain working. As a result of the notion to Iman Saleem has
been named on the US terrorism register, this means that this is unsettling
news for Nick’s ransom of $10,000,000 as his freedom could prove quite tricky.
As such; Nick with Bashir’s agreement that they’ll use the stock market in
order to raise the ransom money and he’ll educate Bahir on how to manage the
finances of the clique. Over the course of the performance, Nick instructs
Bashir with the information available on the stock market and how you can use a
simple laptop to hedge your bets and from this the money comes rolling into the
terrorist establishment’s accounts. Apparently the money which is benchmarked
to the inhabitants of Pakistan, the fraught atmosphere between Bahir and Iman
intensifies. Nick, frantic to escape has devised a Shawshank Redemption
strategy and plows his way thrown the damaged all and makes a run for it, and
when he is captured, he is a pretty bloody state and has lost all sense of
loyalty towards Bashir and Iman. As the US government are hot on their heels,
Nick suggests that Iman invests the money in residential properties but Bashir
is disgusted that the capital has been spent on houses for Iman’s wife and due
to Iman’s lies; Bashir decides to liquidate his powers. Now Nick has no
confederate and a phone call to his wife and child makes him cry as he wants to
go home. At the finale, Bashir explains that with Nick’s tutoring, he has taken
the whole Pakistani currency hostage and in that event, Nick has worked for his
ransom money where he is released from the cell and now a free man in a
warzone. Akhtar’s narrative is standout
as you can see that a banker who is mistaken has helped a radical terrorist
group obtain the upper hand on the countries money, paradoxically we can see
that Nick is a family man and there’s a little venom that comes from Bashir and
Iman as they manipulate his emotions to the point where he is left in tears for
their own personal gain.
One found the performances by the company of, ‘The Invisible
Hand’ to be extraordinarily poised as they conveyed the tense atmosphere that
is increased over time and the conflict and alliances from Western and Eastern cultures
which the tables have been turned in this instance where the Pakistani’s are in
charge. Also with Rachel Brown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown’s fight
direction, we can see that all the fight sequences have been worked to such precision
that helps make us feel really uncomfortable and this is probable what the
intentions are. Daniel Lapaine is magnificent as central protagonist, Nick
Bright; generally how this innocent man has been manipulated into aiding a
terrorist group with his knowledge and expertise, but, when he speaks to his
wife on the phone, we can see how much of a family man he actually is as he
cries as he has no idea on when he’ll return home. Sid Sagar is august as the
prison guard, Dar; specifically how even though the character is a rather minor
role, he comes across increasingly well as he does listen to what Nick has to
express as he realises that as the country is not in that wealthy that he’ll be
able to obtain some extra money to physically survive. Parth Thakerar is
stately as Nick’s slightly petrifying captor, Bashir; basically how his motives
may be too extreme such as the vicious beating of Nick, on the other hand, we
learn that he is actually doing this for the best of the Pakistani nation, but
his scary nature does come across very natural. Tony Jayawardena is awe-inspiring
as the terrorist group’s actual governor, Iman Saleem; for example how imposing
he is when he tries to keep Nick in solitary conditions, yet, when he is
confronted by Bashir, his powerful nature quickly starts to deteriorate and on
his hands and knees begging .
Indhu Rubasingham’s direction is outstanding here as she has
been able to show us how a number of countries in the Eastern vicinity have
been completely bombarded by terrorist establishments i.e. Al Qaeda and now
ISIS, furthermore, the concrete characterisations were compressively depicted
and this is due to the excellent vision from the Tricycle Theatre’s Artistic
Director. Lizzie Clachan’s designs were
gorgeous as the actual prison cell looked so harsh and brutal which is what a prison
cell should look like in this country with limited resources available, in
addition to this, the scenic art and scenic construction is progressively elegant
and crafted to tenacity and ease. Overall, the experience of, ‘The Invisible
Hand’ to be a current portrayal of what the world in 2016 has been suffering and
this has been happening in drips and drabs for the past 16 years.
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