It’s not that Sarah Kane had magical powers, but that she was with total integrity exploring her question. And there were a lot of amazing questions at that time.
CLEANSED – National Theatre
Cleansed at the National Theatre disappointed for a number of reasons. Sarah Kane’s 1998 vision is of a fractured totalitarian place, somewhere, anywhere, where homosexuality is despised. Hers is a noble argument, for in today’s world we do not need to look too far to be reminded such cultures and regimes are all around.
LAST CHANCE TO SEE: Six top shows closing in May
Warning! Last chance to catch all of these shows which must close this month. You can still buy tickets via Mates for: Sunset Boulevard, The Caretaker, The End of Longing and The Maids.
Weekly Theatre Podcast: Cleansed, Firebird, I See You, The Kissing Dance
This week the London theatre bloggers discuss productions including Sarah Kane’s Cleansed at the National, I See You at the Royal Court Upstairs and Firebird, transferred from Hampstead to Trafalgar Studios.
CLEANSED – National Theatre
Few things are more readily guaranteed to sell out a theatre than the phrase “this play is not suitable for children” and Rufus Norris’s continued gamble in his first National Theatre season is that Cleansed should fill at least the Dorfman. It will, but for all the wrong reasons.
Text of the Day: Cleansed
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
CLEANSED – National Theatre
Katie Mitchell’s revival of Sarah Kane’s 1998 play sees it as a ghastly nightmare, but overburdens the text with too many additions.
Text of the Day: Roland Barthes on the violent despair of lovers
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Text of the Day: Cleansed
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk. Here’s a favourite stage direction…
NEWS: Sharon D Clarke plays Ma Rainey in new NT season
The National Theatre has announced new production dates and casting updates for its next booking period, running from January to April 2016. Highlights include: Sharon D Clarke in the title role of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, directed by Dominic Cooke; Katie Mitchell’s revival of Sarah Kane’s 1998 play Cleansed; Lorraine Hansberry’s Les Blancs, directed by Yael Farber; a modern take on Nikolai Erdman’s The Suicide by Suhayla El-Bushra, directed by Nadia Fall; and the New York transfer of Annie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Flick.