Brazil x 2 - The Assault
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26 August 2009
Written and set in 1969 Sao Paulo, Jose Vincente's The Assault, the first of this Brazilian double-bill, is a two-hander meditating on issues of class divide, repression and office-induced madness, now receiving a long-overdue UK premiere.
Young yet moustachioed bank worker Victor (Steven Farah) is keenly aware of his status as one of Brazil's 'haves', and manifests his guilt in the form of a creepy attempted seduction of his office cleaner Hugo (Jade Willis).
Deeply neurotic, Victor yearns for emotional intimacy (“not one of my companions exist anymore”), a yearning which is compounded by his homosexuality. Hugo is the perfect foil, a calm, mild-mannered working man with enough intelligence to recognise his suitor's condition - clearly one he's seen many times before - and how he might profit from both his white guilt and base urges.
Vincente's characterisation is not always consistent (Hugo's moral compass is sat on metal), and in Victor ...
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JJ - 4 September 2009:
Saw "The Assault" last night. Brilliant piece of theatre. Intimate, well-acted. Great lighting. Brilliant acting and directing. What more do you want? If you get a chance go and see it before it ends on Saturday. ...
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Jose Vicente (Author)
Patrick Howson (Producer)
Victor Esses (Director)
George Moustakas (Design)
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