Theatre
Crave
The 2017 Directors’ Cuts season, in which the young directors learning their trade on Bristol Old Vic Theatre School’s prestigious Directing Course select a favourite modern play to present for a week’s run, concludes with this production of Sarah Kane’s bleak, searing drama Crave.
Jessica Rose Mcvay, director: “I am excited by how challenging Crave is. Up to this point, I have worked on linear, story-driven, naturalistic work. Crave has no story to speak of, no delineated scenes, no definition of space and time, and it isn’t naturalistic; it allows for me, designer Eleanor Bull and the company to create the world of the play completely.
“One of the things I am most excited about in all my work is exploring the marriage between movement and language. Sarah Kane gives the four characters musical, poetic language to speak of their longing and loss of love – and I am excited to create a physical language that matches the style and poetry of that verbal language.
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“I love this piece because it makes me a braver director and person. I had never read a piece which spoke to so much of my own life experience. Crave allows its characters to reclaim their own stories, to speak both the good and the bad of their lives with honesty. While it can be bleak and horrific in the world of Crave, there is hope.
7.30 plus Sat matinee 2.30pm, £10. For more info and to book tickets, visit www.thewardrobetheatre.com/livetheatre/crave
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