A Clockwork Orange
From: Saturday, 3rd September 2011
To: Saturday, 1 October 2011
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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:
Jo Caird - 14 September 2011
When Anthony Burgess took A Clockwork Orange to US publishers, he was told that American readers would not be convinced by the novel's final chapter of redemption and hope and that it should therefore be cut from the text. It did not reappear in US editions until 1986 and it was this darker version of the story that Stanley Kubrick used as the basis for his 1971 film.
This new stage adaptation, however, with libretto by Ed DuRanté and music by Fred Carl, takes inspiration from the novel's original ending, making Alex, the show's sociopathic anti-hero, ultimately see the error of his ways and renounce the violent code by which he has lived his life.
Alex and his gang – dubbed “droogs” in the book but referred to as “ninjas” in this version, just one example of how DuRanté has subtly and effectively updated the anarchic language of the book to fit modern youth culture – are ...
Cast
Ashley Hunter (Alex)
Darren Hart
Susan Lawson Reynolds
Richard Lloyd-King
Sonny Muslim
Marcus Powell
Kerris Riviere
Raphael Sowole
Vanessa Sylvester
Creative
Anthony Burgess (Author)
Theatre Royal Stratford East (Producer)
Ed DuRante (Adaptation)
Fred Carl (Music)
Dawn Reid (Director)
Alex Lowde (Design)
Alex Lowde (Costume)
Jonzi D (movement) (Director)
Chris Davey (Lighting)
Andi Johnson (Sound)
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