Catastrophe + Private View at Drayton Arms Theatre
Dates: (7/28/2015 - 8/15/2015 )
Drayton Arms Theatre |
153 Old brompton Road
London, SW5 0LJ
Phone: 02078352301
Running Time: 60 mins
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Blue Rider Group are presenting a really exciting Beckett and Havel double bill at The Drayton Arms Theatre from July 28 – August 15, 2015
Catastrophe by Samuel Beckett
Catastrophe sees a theatre director and his assistant arranging a protagonist, who stands on a square plinth, bare-footed, his head bowed - submitting to their direction. This Havel-like captive, silently wills the audience into an awareness of his predicament...
Private View by Václav Havel
Invited over for drinks by his friends, Ferdinand tries to enthuse over Michael and Vera's newly refurbished flat. But as the couple express the perfection of their marriage and lifestyle, the tone develops into a personal attack on him, his home, his wife and his work as a writer. As the abuse builds to a climax, he tries to leave...
This is the first time these plays have been presented as a double bill.
Both plays are dark, tense and cruelly funny.
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