Theatre
Sex with a Stranger
Every spring, the tyro directors learning their craft at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School get a moment in the sun. The four final-year directors each choose a contemporary play to stage for a week before paying audiences, with the cast and creative team also taken from the Theatre School’s current graduating class.
We begin with Stefan Golaszewski’s biting modern drama, directed by Alexandra Moxon. “I think everyone at some point has been let down by someone, whether a trusted friend or a partner,” Alexandra explains. “Whilst the play presents a more obvious scenario about infidelity, at its core Sex with a Stranger is more about a person having a lack of responsibility and empathy for someone they are supposed to care for.
“In this current time of internet dating, Tinder and broken relationships it seems to echo the immediacy of modern, failing relationships. The writer, BAFTA winner Stefan Golaszewski, creates a wonderfully comic yet bleak and honest world. Adam, Grace and Ruth are all lost in their lives and relationships. Three people, all in their mid-twenties, searching for a happy ending but harming themselves and each other in the process.
is needed now More than ever
7.30pm plus Sat matinee 2.30pm, £10. For more info and to book tickets, visit thewardrobetheatre.com/livetheatre/sex-with-a-stranger
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