Award winning show comes to Saddleworth
Sun, Jul 4 2010 02:10
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Winner of the 1996 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the 1996 Fellowship of Southern Writers Drama Award, the 1996 Kesselring Prize, and the 1997 Obie Award for Best Play.
One Flea Spare, the award-winning play by Naomi Wallace, will be touring the UK later this year, and as part of the run will be appearing at Saddleworth Players for three nights at the Millgate Arts Centre.
On the last day of their quarantine, a wealthy couple’s house is invaded by two strangers - a sailor and a girl who might not be what she seems. And so another month of quarantine begins. Watched over by their jailor, these four must find a way to survive both the plague and each other. Unlikely bargains are struck, and brutal games played in this searing and lyrical drama exploring the politics of compassion within the shadow of the grave. This production is both an installation art piece and a performance piece.
"A demanding and inspired piece of theatre” The Guardian.
"Thrillingly original...marvelously comic... impeccable and deeply moving." The Times
One Flea Spare, the award-winning play by Naomi Wallace, will be touring the UK later this year, and as part of the run will be appearing at Saddleworth Players for three nights at the Millgate Arts Centre.
On the last day of their quarantine, a wealthy couple’s house is invaded by two strangers - a sailor and a girl who might not be what she seems. And so another month of quarantine begins. Watched over by their jailor, these four must find a way to survive both the plague and each other. Unlikely bargains are struck, and brutal games played in this searing and lyrical drama exploring the politics of compassion within the shadow of the grave. This production is both an installation art piece and a performance piece.
"A demanding and inspired piece of theatre” The Guardian.
"Thrillingly original...marvelously comic... impeccable and deeply moving." The Times
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