Despite moments of theatrical audacity, much of the storytelling was heavy going. In 2003, during his tenure as artistic director of the National Theatre, he directed a two-part stage version of Pullman’s celebrated trilogy with mixed results. In their adaptation of “ The Book of Dust,” the first volume of Philip Pullman’s prequel to his “ His Dark Materials” trilogy, playwright Bryony Lavery and director Nicholas Hytner attach jumper cables to the audience’s imagination. “We’re men of imagination.” And that’s precisely what’s at the heart of this thrill-ride of a production, now playing at London’s Bridge Theatre. “We’re not men of violence,” cries accidental hero Malcolm (Samuel Creasey). What makes that not just exciting, but truly extraordinary, is that you feel the entire audience shudder. At a moment of the highest possible tension, a character shoots a puppet.
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