The Thrill of Love
From: Wednesday, 27th March 2013
To: Saturday, 4 May 2013
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Synopsis
The Thrill of Love takes a new look at the woman behind the headlines and the events that drove her to murder. A divorcee with a young child to care for, Ruth works hard, plays hard and dreams of a movie-star life. When she becomes obsessed with the wealthy, womanising David, fame comes but not in the way she imagines. Inspector Gale is on the track of the truth: why does her relationship end in murder? Why does she plead not guilty but offer no defence? Why does she show no remorse? And just who is she trying to protect?
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4 April 2013
Ruth Ellis inhabited the seedier parts of London’s glamorous nightclubs. Supposedly groomed into the role of nightclub hostess by the Profumo-pimp Stephen Ward, Ellis climbed the ranks to become a celebrated nightclub manageress in her own right.
And it is in the realms of 1950s gentleman clubs that Amanda Whittington has chosen to set The Thrill of Love, rather than in the bedrooms of bad sex and violence that many people associate with Ruth Ellis.
Transferring from the New Vic Theatre, Newcastle, this extremely well-oiled 90 minute production tries to uncover the psychology of the woman who seemed to accept her fate of victim, and then criminal, without outcry. Instead of abuse, we are shown the...
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Jimmie Pullin - 17 April 2013:
PS: Get over to St. James before this show ends. Not to be missed....
Creative
Amanda Whittington (Author)
New Vic ()
James Dacre (Director)
Jonathan Fensom (Design)
Daniella Beattie (Lighting)
James Earls-Davis (Sound)
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