A Time to Reap
From: Friday, 22nd February 2013
To: Saturday, 23 March 2013
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Synopsis
"For the briefest of moments, you feel sure that your life has a meaning. It makes you feel smaller and bigger at the same time." From a forested Polish village to the blinding lights of London, A Time to Reap looks at one woman's story against the mountain landscape of an evolving nation and one of Poland's hottest political topics - abortion and the Catholic Church.
Our Review:
Theo Bosanquet - 28 February 2013
Some familiar conflicts lie at the heart of young playwright Anna Wakulik's darkly comic and occasionally absurdist Polish drama, part of an ongoing series of international collaborations at the Royal Court.
Central to the play is the triangular conflict between the Catholic church, the Polish state and abortion, an issue that could hardly seem more timely in light of recent events in Rome.
The 1993 outlawing of abortion initially brings riches to eminent Warsaw gyneacologist Jan (Owen Teale) but later strife, when he becomes involved in a ménage à trois with his 25-year-old son Piotr (Max Bennett).
The object of their mutual affection is Marysia (Sinead Matthews), an alluring and skittish young woman struggling to get a foot on the ladder of life. Having known Jan and his son Piotr since childhood, when she goes to Jan for an abortion as a 17-year-old (the result of a rape in a Catholic summer camp), their relationship soon ...
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David Baxter - 15 March 2013:
The day after the election of a new Pope it was fascinating to see this interesting play about the impact of Poland's restictive anti-abortion laws on a gynaecologist, his son and the girlfriend they share. The tone of Anna Wakulik's is occasionally a bit too frivolous for such a serious subject but mostly she superbly conveys the effects of laws that many would regard as repressive on a population for whom the church still plays such a major role. Sinead Matthews is particularly impressive as the confused and conflicted Marysia and her unique voice makes her especially convincing as the younger version of the character. A Time to Reap may last only 90 minutes but it makes much more of an impact than the dross the Royal Court is serving up downstairs....
Cast
Max Bennett (Piotr)
Sinead Matthews (Marysia)
Owen Teale (Jan)
Creative
Anna Wakulik (Author)
Coutts (Corporate Sponsor)
Royal Court Theatre (Producer)
Catherine Grosvenor (Translation)
Caroline Steinbeis (Director)
Max Jones (Design)
Anna Watson (Lighting)
Tom Mills (Music)
Alexander Caplen (Sound)
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