Experience an award-winning play by celebrated Irish playwright / poet Frank McGuinness - Someone Who'll Watch Over Me - in January 2011!
3 men. An Englishman, an Irishman and an American have been taken hostage and held in a windowless cell in Beirut. They have no contact with the outside world and are uncertain about their future. As the three men strive for survival they also strive to overcome their differences.
Staying away from violence and politics, the play instead focuses on the remarkable resilience of the human spirit and humanity. It is also peppered with light moments as well as hilarious scenes as the three men amuse themselves and escape into their fantasy worlds.
The play is inspired by Irishman Brian Keenan's abduction in 1986. He was kidnapped while he was on his way to work at the American University of Beirut. It was only four and a half years later that he was released. Keenan went on to write an autobiographical book called An Evil Cradling which won the Irish Times Literary Prize for Non-fiction in 1991.
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 1992. The Broadway production starring Stephen Rea ran for five years and was nominated for Best Play and Best Actor in Play in the Tony Award. The show also bagged the 1993 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play.
The KL staging will be directed by Joe Hasham and features a stellar cast comprising British actor Charles Donnelly, Australian actor Kingsley Judd and our very own Gavin Yap. Donnelly and Judd will be reprising their roles from the hugely successful Scottish and Australian production, respectively.
Do not miss one of the most startling theatre pieces you are ever likely to see and the kind of work that The Actors Studio is so well-known for. It is also the kind of thought-provoking drama that director Joe Hasham is respected for.
After its run in Kuala Lumpur, the production will tour to Singapore!
PRESS REVIEWS
"...the best thing I've seen in a long time" Peggy Nuttall, Online London Review
"The text alone is a masterpiece of writing veering between hope and despair involving high comedy and deep tragedy in language both poetic and frank" Natalie Anglesey, The Stage
"It is the humour in the midst of such a harrowing experience, however, which makes this play so poignantly entertaining" Charlotte Loveridge, CurtainUp
"He creates humanity in these characters..." Nikki Thomas, Australian Stage
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Executive Producer Dato' Faridah Merican
Director Joe Hasham OAM
Cast Charles Donnelly, Kingsley Judd & Gavin Yap
Lighting Designer Lim Ang Swee
Sound Designer Pat Omar
Set Designer / Portrait Artist Martanoemi Noriega
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KUALA LUMPUR
Presenter | The Actors Studio
Date & Time | 5 Jan 2011 @ 8.30pm (preview); 6 - 8 January, 11 - 15 Jan @ 8.30pm, 9 & 16 Jan @ 3pm
Venue | The Actors Studio @ Lot 10
Ticket Price | RM48 / RM28 (students & the disabled)
Promotion | RM28 flat rate (preview night 5 Jan, Tues 11 Jan and Wed 12 Jan)
Enquiries / Bookings | Call 03 2142 2009 / 2143 2009
SINGAPORE
Date & Time | 27 Jan 2011 @ 8pm, 28 -- 29 Jan @ 2pm & 8pm, 30 Jan @ 2pm
Venue | Play Den, The Arts House, 1 Old Parliament Lane, Singapore 179429
Ticket Price | $28, $15 (students), $20 (NSF, Senior Citizens & the Disabled) - excludes $2 ticket charge; additional charges will be incurred for special handling/delivery requests
Box Office
Walk In -- The Arts House Box Office
Call -- The Arts House Ticket Hotline: (+65) 6332 6919
Online Purchase -- www.bytes.sg
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Someone Who'll Watch Over Meby spiralbluesun334 views
it's pretty hard to make one of the best plays ever written look so poor . . .
mrmebs 10 months ago