The Theatre Brothel

Synopsis

So, you put on your coat, left the house and came to the theatre. And now? What do you want? Do you want to laugh? Cry? Something a little more perverse? Or do you just like to sit in the dark and watch? Theatre Brothel is a brand new theatre experience; choose from the many performances on offer, explore the building and try something completely different; you might even get a taste for it. It's all good. Don't worry, no-one will judge you here. Recommended 14+

Our Review:

Damian Robson - 1 June 2011

Theatre makes you think, even when you are tired/irascible/bad tempered.

So it was with some trepidation I ran to Northern Stage after a very fraught day and early evening. Managing to get to the theatre with seconds to spare, I collected my ticket and was promptly ushered around a maze of never seen before areas of the theatre, asked personal and pertinent questions, and then presented with a number of ‘chips’ (the type used in gambling) that would allow me entry to the various venues and performances. This technique of making the audience unsure of themselves at the start works because the themes of the evening are followed through in each of the plays I saw, there are another two I have yet to see. Although I feel that unless I play the game correctly and answer the correct questions, I may never get the opportunity? That’s how the chips are stacked against us!

Gary Kitching has devised and performs Me and Mr C an absurdist piece that requires audi...

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