A Clockwork Orange

Synopsis

The same story as the film, barred by the Director (Stanley Kubrick) from being shown in the UK due to death threats he received. Not suitable for children. A controversial and violent tale about choices. Alex gets his kicks by raping and fighting his way around a future city with his gang of droogs, fired up by drugs secreted in their favourite drink of milk. When he gets caught, he chooses the quick way out - being programmed to behave in a non-violent manner. Burgess's cult allegory of free will, adapted from the novella, in all its urban darkness.

Our Review:

Iain MacDonald - 14 November 2011

Volcano bring us Anthony Burgess’s novel A Clockwork Orange to the stage, although by their own testament it is ‘a different beast’. It is the story of Alex, a young boy determined to commit acts of ‘ultra-violence’ along with his gang of droogs. He is eventually sentenced to prison, during which time he receives a form of therapy designed to quash his appetite for violence.

This production is peppered with moments of brilliance and imagination, from the slicing up of a Barbie doll to the murder of an old woman being repeated over and over again which one cannot help but find amusing.

However, for the most part of this production, there is simply far too much happening on stage – the dialogue itself is very powerful but not nearly as effective when so much else is going on round about it. At one point performer Mairi Phillips reverts to being herself, complaining about not getting a round of applause for ‘gettin...

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