By Moonlight's production of East returns to the cornerHOUSE on 25- 26 Nov 2011 at the arts centre in Surbiton.
"The underbelly of the East End – with its all its brutality, vulgarity and humour - is portrayed in director Tanju Duncan's brilliant adaptation of Steven Berkoff’s powerful elegy to the place where he grew up. East is a warts-and-all portrayal of a family in conflict – with each other and all about them. Told to us in verse, the complex monologues of the characters fuse Shakespearean rhythms with cockney street talk to create a raw, explosive, in-the-gutter language that speaks volumes about the people who utter its words. This fast-paced, hilarious and hugely compelling production is simply “potty mouth poetry at its best”.
Duncan said: “I am delighted to be involved with such a talented cast and keen to present Berkoff’s classic East, in true Total Theatre style, where the actor-audience relationship is immediate, where the expressive physicality and general language of the actors in creating stage pictures and image is not just a display of technical skill, but a pre-requisite of the making of the drama.”
There will be a Q&A with the cast after the show.
Details are here
www.iainfisher.com/berkoff/berkoff-news.htmlThanks to Tanju for the information. The photo is by Claire Harris.
