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28 Sept - 22 Oct 2011: Reduced Circumstances present PHAEDRA'S LOVE by Sarah Kane at the Arcola Theatre
‘News. Another rape. Child murdered. War somewhere. Few thousand jobs gone. But none of this matters ‘cause it’s a royal birthday.’
A major revival of Sarah Kane’s blackly comic reworking of Seneca’s classical tragedy of monarchy, incest and fatal obsession, which premiered in 1996: ‘Pure theatre. Or rather impure theatre: dirty, alarming, dangerous’ (Observer)”
Supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council England.
Starring Joanna Roth as Phaedra, Nicholas Shaw as Hippolytus, Rupert Holliday Evans as Theseus and Emma Keele as Strophe.
Director: Bronwen Carr
Venue: Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin Street, London, E8 3DL
Dates: 28 September - 22 October 2011
Performance times: Mon - Sat 7.30pm; Thurs & Sat Matinees at 4.00pm on 6, 8, 13, 15, 20 & 22 October
*Pre-show workshops for schools/colleges prior to Thursday matinees. Contact info@reducedcircumstances.co.uk for further information.
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"fascinating revival... pithy and blackly witty" (the Times)
"Carr's atmospheric production is worth an hour of the strong-stomached theatregoer's time" (Time Out)
"impressive Nicholas Shaw" (Evening Standard)
"compelling theatre... don't miss" (Morning Star)
In conjunction with this production, we are staging 2 FREE rehearsed readings:
Tuesday 4 October at 4pm: Frank McGuinness’ Phaedra (after Racine)
Tuesday 18 October at 4pm: Brecht's Baal
Remember Tuesday is Pay What You Can Night at the Arcola so after the free readings you can get reduced price tickets for Phaedra's Love (subject to availability)
Trailer for Phaedra's Love
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