A Clockwork Orange
From: Monday, 19th November 2012
To: Saturday, 5 January 2013
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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:
Michael Coveney - 23 November 2012
Anthony Burgess' own stage version of his shockingly prophetic 1962 novella, his most famous book, fuelled one of the RSC's biggest flops in their Barbican phase, and has never been successfully harnessed in the theatre.
So I'll give director Alexandra Spencer-Jones (and her Action to the Word company) some credit for providing a testosterone-filled homoerotic dance show that dabbles in the dubious thrill of the crime spree without making all that much distinction between bad behaviour and brutal treatment and rehabilitation.
The show's an all-boy 80-minute vest and braces spectacular, with little differentiation in the authority figures and a proper relish for Burgess's linguistic slangy Nadsat, a brew of Slavic Cockney that manages the difficult task of matching the talk to the walk.
Previous versions, by an all-girl group at the Bloomsbury, and Northern Stage in Newcastle, have continued to struggle in the wake of Stanley Kubrick's brilliant and disturbing movi...
Latest User Review
anon - 28 December 2012:
I have read the book several times and adore the movie. I saw this so called production last night. I was hugely disappointed. It is nothing like the original piece. As a stand alone performance it is still lacking in a coherent plot. I have never seen such an awful play in my life....
Cast
Martin McCreadie
Neil Chinneck
Simon Cotton
Philip Honeywell
Rob Maloney
James Meryk
Stephen Spencer
Will Stokes
Thomas Whitelock
Creative
Anthony Burgess (Author)
The Old Market (by arrangement with Glynis Henderson Productions) ()
Action to the Word (Company)
Alexandra Spencer-Jones (Director)
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