Mexican premiere of Blasted
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Blasted
in Mexico City with the premiere on 17 Aug
2001. The director was Ignacio Ortiz and
the actors were Arturo Rivers, Ari Brikman and
Ana Graham. |
Cleansed
French premiere
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The actors were Jonathan
Bidot, Nazim Boudjenah, Jeanne Casilas, Eric
Caruso, Virgile Coignard, Peggy Péneau, Thierry
Raynaud, Frédéric Schulz-Richard and Xavier
Tavera. The director was Hubert
Colas, and the translation was by Evelyne
Pieiller.
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4.48
Psychosis Finnish premiere
4.48 Psychosis (4.48 Psychoosi) in Finland, at
the Finnish National Theater. The director was Michael
Baran. With Wanda Dubiel, Tuuli Lindeberg (singing),
Seppo Pääkkönen.
Visual designer was Kimmo Viskari and music
was by Juhani Nuorvala.
Site
visitor Markku says (thanks Markku)
"Pääkkönen played the doctor. The music
was quite experimental...some sort of
avantgardistic classical music (the singer talked
about some "natural sounds" you cannot
get out of normally tuned piano, but I couldn't
get the jargon) and the singer sang lines from
the play. After the list of medicals was
revealed, she sang their names a few times. I
attended a discussion about the play afterwards
and they had quit interesting opinions and
stories about the rehearsals." |
Crave in Canada
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By the
Blacklist Theatre Project at the New Dance
Theatre, Calgary, Canada. Sept 2001.
Kate Newby directed,
and the players were Douglas MacLeod (A), Sean
Bowie (B), Susan Bristow (C) and Laura Parken
(M).
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Director
Kate Newby said "It's an extraordinary piece
of non-linear writing and an extraordinary piece
of theatre." She also says its the most
challenging and rewarding play she's done in her
20 year career. |
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Reviewer Lori Montgomery (On
Stage, 13 Sep 2001) says "Kate Newby has
drawn inspiration from posthumous stagings of
Kanes final play, 4:48 Psychosis ...
the four actors appear in front of a vast mirror
that reflects their every move, while sitting,
standing, or laying on the floor writhing in
pain. There is no escape for these
characters" |
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Thanks to
Trevor and The Blacklist Theatre Project for the photos.
Phaedra´s Love (Phaidras Liebde) in
Austria
The
players were Isabel Martinez (Phädra), Raphael von
Bargen (Hippolytos), Piroska Szekely (Strophe), Hannes
Gastinger (Priester/Arzt), Thomas Stolzeti (Theseus) and
the director was Michael Wallner. The premiere was
4 Nov 2001 at th Volkstheater Wien.
Phaedra´s Love in Cambridge, UK
Phaedra´s Love
in Cambridge, UK on 21-24 Nov 2001. It's a Pembroke
Players performance, an amateur production with their own
interpretation of the play. The director is Dan Sherer,
assisted by Carl Death.
"this production has
emphasised its Greek roots... creating a troupe
of all-singing, all-dancing angels that control
the action, even having a brainstorm (complete
with flipchart) to decide how Phaedra will meet
her terrible fate. I´m not sure I was entirely
convinced by their intervention in the action all
the time, as it often slowed the pace a little
too much between the scenes, but they were a
fantastic addition when it came to presenting the
moments of brutality. In particular, when Phaedra
performs oral sex on Hippolytus, the stage image
is juxtaposed with the angels dancing and singing
to Britany Spears. Yes, this was very funny, but
it was still strangely disconcerting. Whilst we
laughed at the angels we were also laughing at
the main stage action, which was really an
expression of Phaedra´s true desire." (from
review by Felicity Poulter, Varsity, 22 Nov
2001). |
4.48 Psychosis in France
4.48 Psychosis
playing at the Théâtre-studio d'Alfortville, Paris Dec
2001. The director is Christian Benedetti and the player
is Ingrid Jaulin.
The
sole actress remains standing and motionless for the
whole performance.
"D'autre
part, en poussant jusqu'au bout son parti pris
antispectaculaire, jusqu'à imposer à sa
comédienne l'immobilité totale, Christian
Benedetti instaure paradoxalement une véritable
tension, physique et émotionnelle, qui ne peut
laisser le spectateur indifférent. Même si la
majeure partie de son aventure intérieure reste
sans doute inaccessible au spectateur,
l'intensité de l'interprétation d'Ingrid Jaulin
force le respect et emmène l'écriture de Sarah
Kane bien au delà de tout pathos
biographique" (from review by Vital
Philippot, www.fluctuat.net). |
Cleansed
in Finland
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Cleansed at KokoTeatteri, Finland.
The
director is Mikko Kanninen, translation by Tuomas
Timonen, choreography Sami
Saikkonen.
Opening night 26 Oct 2001.
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4.48
Psychose French premiere
The director was Christian
Benedetti and the actress (the only performer) was Ingrid
Jaulin. It played in the Théâtre-studio d'Alfortville.
A single
actress, who remains totally immobile for the entire
performance.
Crave (Gier) in Switzerland
Performed in
German in Berner Münster from 17 Oct 2001. The director
was Michael Oberer and the roles were played by Andreas
Debatin (A), Thomas U. Hostettler (B), Sonja Gertsch (C)
and Patricia Bornhauser (M). The producer was Christian
Probst.
4.48 Psychosis in Munich, Germany
4.48
Psychosis (4.48 Psychose) directed by Thirza Bruncken, in
Munich in the Kammerspiele. The premiere was 7 Nov
2001.
Phaedra´s Love/ 4.48 Psychosis in Slovenia
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A production combining Phaedra's
Love (Fedrina ljubezen) and 4.48 Psychosis (4.48
psihoza) into a single play 4.48. The director
was Eduard Miler.
It was on throughout the 2001/2002
season at Mladinsko Theatre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
with the premiere on 10 Nov 2001.
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"a post-Brechtian interpretation of Kane's
world of anger, rage and violence, a stunning
comment on the global post-democratic
contemporary society" |
Blasted
premiere in Ireland
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Directed by Jimmy Fay featuring
Lalor Roddy, Aidan Kelly and Fiona
OShaughnessy. It was a Bedrock Productions
from 22 Nov - 8 Dec 2001 in the Project Arts
Centre in Dublin. |
"Kane
plays with notions of conventional stage time -
which is already playing with notions of real
time - and as the spaces in between the scenes
shorten, time and season are taken out of
context. "When Ian orders two English
breakfasts, two lines later there's a knock on
the door and there's two English breakfasts at
the door. She does that on purpose! It's not a
non sequitur - it's the logic of a
nightmare," says Fay. "We're staying
very true to her stage directions, because she
has set it up a bit like dialogue. She's very
inventive and totally fearless. She's not
thinking, 'How are they going to stage this?' -
she's challenging us. But if you're brave enough,
you can do it! Everybody has to do something in
this that was somewhat beyond them." (Susan
Conley, ireland.com) |
4.48 Psychosis (4.48 Psicose) in
Portugal
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The
theater company Artistas Unidos (United Artists)
had already performed Blasted and Crave in
Portugal, then 4.48 Psychosis. Nov 2001.
The translation is
by Pedro Marques and actors are Gracinda Nave and
Miguel Borges, with staging by Joao Fiadeiro. It
was on at the Espaço A Capital/ Teatro Paulo
Claro, Lisboa.
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Site
visitor Sandra says (thanks Sandra) "Last
Thursday was the premiere for 4.48 Psychosis. The
other two plays had already made me fall in love
for Sarah's writing but watching Psychosis was
just overwhelming. I had already read it because
a friend gave me the Complete Plays book as a
present but seeing it on stage by such awesome
actors it was like it was her
there... sometimes I just forgot I was
a mere spectator... I read somewhere that Sarah
wanted us to feel it as a punch in the stomach..
I felt it all over my body...". |
Crave and 4.48 Psychosis in Berlin,
Germany
Crave (Gier) and
4.48 Psychosis (4.48 Psychose) in Berlin at the
Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin.
Crave.
The players are Falk
Rockstroh (A), Thomas Dannemann (B), Cristin König (C),
Michaela Steiger (M) and the director is Thomas
Ostermeier. Translated by Marius von Mayenburg.
09.2001.
4.48 Psychose. The
players are Jule Böwe, Sylvana Krappatsch, Kay
Bartholomäus Schulze and the director is Falk
Richter. The translation was by Durs Grünbein.
3.12.2001.
Crave in Stockholm
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Darling
Desperados, a Swedish fringe company, performing
Crave. The play opened on 15 Nov 2001 at Nya
Pistolteatern, Stockholm then at Atalante,
Göteborg. The directors were Svante
Aulis Löwenborg and Lars Hansson and the players
were Pelle Bolander, Tjelvar Eriksson, Emelie
Rödström and Helén Söderqvist Henriksson
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Cleansed in Brazil
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The
premiere of Cleansed in Brazil at the Espaço
Cultural Sergio Porto in Rio de Janeiro on
16 Nov 2001. It was performed by the Tropel
company and directed by Felipe Vidal. The first
performance of Sarah Kane in South America. |
Phaedra´s Love and Crave in Singapore
Two student
productions in Singapore;
In Phaedra the players
were Colin Cheong (Hippolytus), Charlene Cai (Phaedra),
Zachary Ho (Theseus).
In Crave the players
were Zachery Ho (A), Colin Cheong (B), Joyce Yao (C) and
Koh Wan Ching (M).
On Crave: "It attracted
the audience's attention to each individual's
obsessions and on/off relationships with one
another. But it also alienated those who sought
clarity though the mess of confessions. Not a
play to illicit quick emotions, 'Crave'
challenges both actors and audiences; for the
actors to fulfil the potential of linguistically
charged emotions and for the audience to leave
convention behind and partake of Kane-defined
climaxes and denouements" (from review by
Sherrie Lee, flyinginkpothteatre, 9 nov
2001). |
4.48 Psychose
(4.48 Psychosis) in Switzerland
Playing in the
Schauspielhaus in Zürich with the premiere on 11 Dec
2001. The players were Bibiana Beglau, Jule Böwe,
Sylvana Krappatsch and Kay Bartholomaeus Schulze. The
director was Falk Richter.
Cleansed and 4.48 Psychosis in Poland
Cleansed performed in
Wroclaw, Warsaw and Poznan. A co-production of
three theatres. Premieres: Poznan 15 Dec 2001,
Wroclaw 9 Jan 2002, Warsaw 18 Jan 2002
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4.48
Psychosis performed both in Poznan (premiere 24
Jan) and Warsaw (Rozmaitosci again) - premiere on
the 8 Feb. |
Phaedra´s Love in USA
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Defunct
Theatre´s Phaedra with Madeleine Sanford as
Phaedra, James Moore as Hippolytus, Song Kim as
Theseus, damali ayo as Strophe. Directed by
Grace Carter. |
"Grace
Carter's direction of this tough piece still
needs work, but it's a good start. She succeeds
with her casting: James Moore's half-conscious
Hippolytus, Madeleine Sanford's lust-crazed
Phaedra, and the choric Strophe of damali ayo
(who also provides the witty set of gold-laced
penitentiary wire, boldly symbolizing Theseus'
dystopian kingdom). Yet Carter shies from some of
Kane's violence, though the scenes among the
three principals are potent" (from review
by Steffen Silvis, WWeek, photo Basil Childers) |
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