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French Sarah Kane festival

The Sarah Kane Festival to be held at the Théâtre de Nesle will present Sarah Kane’s five plays directed by Telmo Herrera. Performed in French. From 31 May- 30 Jun 2012.  There will also be special talks with the director, actors and the public on 2 Jun 2012 and on 30 Jun 2012.

4.48 Psychose, L'Amour de Phèdre, Purifiés, Anéantis et Manque.   For details click here.

Phaedra's Love in Halifax, UK

Taboo Theatre present Phaedra's Love from 9 to 13 May 2012 at the Bus Stop Theatre in Halifax.

Sarah Kane at the Edinburgh Festival

- Fourth Monkey present 4.48 Psychosis at theSpace on Niddry St from 3- 25 Aug 2012.
- Rummage Theatre / A LEAP Theatre Project present Cleansed at theSpace on North Bridge from 1 Aug - 4 Sept 2012.

Details are here.

Bodies on Stage in Germany

The 21th Annual Conference of the German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English are presenting sessions on Bodies on Stage.  Sessions include:

• Sarah Ablett on "The Body and the Bible in Sarah Kane's Blasted"

• Sarah-Anna Wetzlmayr on "Ex-centring the Subject and De-centring the Original: Mark Ravenhill's pool (no water) in the Context of Aktionismus"

• Elżbieta Baraniecka on "Words That Matter: Between Materiality and Immateriality in Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis"

The guest speaker is Edward Bond.  It will be held at the Wolfsburg in Mülheim an der Ruhr (Academy of the Diocese of Essen) from 7- 12 Jun 2012.

Cleansed in Las Vegas, also auditions

Off-Strip Productions presents Cleansed at the Onyx Theatre,  It is on from 9- 26 Aug 2012.  There are also auditions for the production being held on 3-5 Jun 2012.

"It has inspired anger, revulsion, joy, and wonder all at once in audiences since its first staging."

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Blasted in Reading, UK casting call

Build A Rocket Productions present their inaugeral production, Blasted.  The director is Lee Anderson.  The dates are

6- 7 Mar 2012 London Venue (TBA)
22- 23 Mar 2012 University of Reading
26 Mar 2012 Sarah Kane Festival, Lincoln

This production is also being entered into the International Student Drama Festival 2012. If it is selected, the production will tour to Sheffield between 22- 30 Jun 2012.

There is a casting call for the roles of Ian and the soldier.  Details are here.

Gesäubert Gier en 4.48 psychose in Münchner, Germany

Münchner Kammerspiele present Gesäubert (Cleansed) Gier (Crave) and 4.48 psychose from 9-10 Feb 2013.  The actors are Marc Benjamin, Stefan Hunstein, Sylvana Krappatsch, Stefan Merki, Annette Paulmann and Thomas Schmauser.  The director is Johan Simons.  Composition is by Carl Oesterhelt with music performance Sachiko Hara, Jost-H. Hecker, Andreas Höricht, Mathis Mayr, Juan Sebastian Ruiz, Gertrud Schilde, Nancy Sullivan and Jörg Widmoser.  Click on the image for more details.
 

Cruelty and Desire

A new book Cruelty and Desire in the Modern Theater: Artonin Artaud, Sarah Kane, and Samuel Beckett by Laurens De Vos.  "Departing from a refreshing look at the ideas of Artonin Artaud, this book provides a thorough analysis of how both Sarah Kane and Samuel Beckett are indebted to his legacy. In juxtaposing these playwrights, De Vos minutely points out how both in their own way struggle to coming to terms with Artaud."  It is expensive though, $75.00.

To buy from Amazon.co.uk click here
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4.48 Psychosis adaptation online

A silent adaptation of 4.48 by Salar Shahna.  The actors are Debbie Porouchani-Jenz and Leily Bakhtiar.  Click on the image to watch it (4 min 12 secs).

About Kane: the Playwright and the Work

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Graham Saunders offers an important study of Sarah Kane. His survey includes a concise biography, in-depth analysis of Sarah Kane’s work, and interviews with Kane and those who helped to put her work on stage.  Click on the image for more details.

Sarah Kane in Context

Sarah Kane in Context edited by Laurens de Vos and Graham Saunders is available, published by Manchester University Press.  But it is expensive (Amazon list it as £55).   More details soon.

Guide to Blasted

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Sarah Kane's Blasted. An in-depth study of the play by Helen Iball.

Skin on-line

You can watch Skin on-line (this is a new improved link).  The script is by Sarah Kane, Vincent O´Connell directed and Ewan Bremner and Rose Marcie star.
Click on the image to watch the film. Thanks to Suzy and Ashleigh for the information.

Recent site changes:

• links updated (3 May 2012)
• the Hot News page and the feedback page are updated every month

Too late- you missed it:

4.48 Psychosis in New York, USA

Magic Futurebox present 4.48 Psychosis from 10- 27 May 2012.  It is directed by James Rutherford, featuring Emily Gleeson and Lizzie Vieh and with design by Oona Curley, costume design by Sarah Thea Swafford and the production stage manager is Alex Lubensky.

"A career of horrible-gentle and violent-funny work comes to a close with Sarah Kane's magnum opus, written on the eve of her tragic suicide. In it she tells the inner drama of a mind at the point of combustion. In her hospital room she becomes patient, disease and doctor. She is the Victim of unending cruelties, and her pain knows no limit. She is the Perpetrator of every violence and delivers each blow with a smile. She is the Bystander to her own suffering, deaf to her own shrill screams. At the edge of her death, Sarah Kane teaches us what it means to be alive."

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Crave in UK

Actors Touring Company in association with The North Wall presents Crave on tour.  It is directed by Ramin Gray, designed by Lizzie Clachan with lighting by Charles Balfour and sound by Alex Caplen.

"A startling quartet of anger, desire, frustration and despair.   4 performers embody the competing voices of a mind in torment and ecstasy.   Sarah Kane's Crave is a contemporary classic, a ground-breaking work that challenges notions of what makes a play.   Actors Touring Company takes a fresh look at this landmark of modern international theatre in a major new production for the twenty-first century."

The dates are:

29- 30 Mar 2012 North Wall Arts Centre
31 Mar 2012 Lincoln Performing Arts Centre
3– 5 Apr 2012 Northern Stage
19- 21 Apr 2012 Manchester Royal Exchange Studio
24- 28 Apr 2012 The Wickham Theatre, University of Bristol
3– 5 May 2012 Volcano Theatre, Swansea
10- 12 May Hull Truck Theatre
17 May 2012 The Point, Eastleigh
18 May 2012 Quarterhouse, Folkestone
19 May 2012 Gulbenkian, University of Kent, Canterbury
21- 23 May 2012 York Theatre Royal
25- 26 May 2012 Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

Click on the image for more details.  Highly recommended.

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