The Standard of Living
By James GrahamCan you put a price on happiness, beauty and love? Husband to ballerina Lydia Lopokova. Lover to Duncan Grant. Friend to Virginia Woolf. Keynes moves between the corridors of power in Whitehall and the intoxicating freedom of a radical circle of artists, writers and lovers - all determined to live...
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By Edward AlbeeIn the early hours of the morning on the campus of an American college, Martha, much to her husband George's displeasure, has invited the new professor Nick and his wife Honey to their home for some after-party drinks. As the alcohol flows and dawn approaches, the young couple are...
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By Jay Presson AllenTruman Capote. Set in his New York apartment in December 1975, following the publication of an excerpt from his tell-all novel Answered Prayers - which alienated him from his high-society friends - the play depicts him alone, reflecting on his life, career and the fallout from the book, while dealing with...
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Berliner Ensemble: De Profundis
By Oscar Wilde — Translation by Mirko BonnéThe Coronet Theatre, London
In 1895, Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years in prison – for being provocative; for loving men, for not hiding his true self and for defying convention. His trial was meant to be a warning to others – against the crime of homosexuality and his irrepressible drive for freedom and recognition. While imprisoned, he wrote a long, impassioned letter to his estranged young lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. Later published as De Profundis, Wilde's letter describes the unbearable pains and blissful pleasures of his love, as well as his views on art, Christianity, and incarceration, and a society that doesn't tolerate what it doesn't understand. De Profundis is the last outcry of a broken but untamed spirit. Bankrupt and shunned by society, Wilde writes with literary mastery about contempt and loneliness, about pride and pain. What remains when everything that a person once was is taken away from them? From the Berliner Ensemble, award-winning German actor Jens Harzer performs Oscar Wilde's De Profundis, directed by Berliner Ensemble Artistic Director Oliver Reese. In German with English surtitles.
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By Caitlin Skinner & Melanie JordanPlatform, Glasgow
& touring
We heart Lizzie Magie! Feminist, economist, disruptor, and games designer who wanted to show the world there was an alternative to capitalist greed. But her beautiful brainchild was stolen, repurposed, and made a man a millionaire. Discover the hidden truth behind one of the world's most popular board games - Monopoly - as we search for justice for Lizzie and for all who find the game is rigged against them.
See cast, creatives, and 4 reviewsOnce Upon a Time in Sokoto
By Inua EllamsRoyal & Derngate Theatre, Northampton
& touring
The award-winning Once Upon a Time in Sokoto tells the epic story of a beautiful but unlikely friendship forged between a slave and her former master. Differences in faith, culture and heritage are overcome in the face of new enemies, in a gripping family drama set against the backdrop of events leading to the creation of Nigeria.
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