...Nico and the Navigators', an award-winning Berlin group (Family Council 2004) shows how body language - much better than spoken - can transmit feelings and thoughts. 'Although I Know You' focuses on the difficulties of friendship and the suffering it takes to maintain it. Something very subtle and profound connects our tentative togetherness, to the problem of making a superficial acquaintance.... The Japanese actress, who dances like a dragonfly from one navigator to the next, throwing candies to the audience, represents the most cheerful of the four characters, but also the others are at some points extremely exhilarating when they ironically deconstruct the attitudes and dialects of their respective hometowns, Berlin and London. Bitter cabaret, an effective fusion of physical ability and acting presence....

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