The Hotel Plays

Synopsis

The Hotel Plays consists of four performances a night of the complete cycle of three plays with a running time of 90 mins per cycle. Green Eyes - Written in 1970 but unpublished for almost 40 years, this lost thriller graphically reveals the impact of war through the sexual fantasies of a newly-wed couple in New Orleans. Green Eyes transforms a honeymoon suite into a battleground where desire and violence become blurred and indistinguishable. Sunburst - A retired actress Miss Sails, falls hostage to two young men scheming to steal her priceless sunburst diamond. But Miss Sails is no Southern Belle... The Travelling Companion - An inexperienced hustler and an insecure older writer negotiate their relationship together in a hotel room. But who really needs who? Will either of them ever truly find the companionship that they so desperately seek?

Our Review:

VIcky Ellis - 11 October 2012

A life traipsing round hotel rooms must be pretty miserable. But in a way we’re lucky that’s how Tennesee Williams spent the latter part of his life, as it furnished his rich imagination with the setting for a trio of sharply detailed vignettes, three postcards of plays that no-one would actually send home.

Set in three different hotel “suites” (what we would know as rooms) of the luxury Grange Holborn Hotel, London-based theatre company Defibrillator’s second production takes us thrillingly close to some pretty dark scenes – but there’s brightness in patches too. Most of the audience get seats (for the experienced site-specific-goers who might be wondering). Called to action by hotel boy Charlie - Royce Pierreson who becomes knight-in-shining armour later, so remember him - and we’re off for 90 minutes.

First up is Green Eyes, where two young newlyweds in New Orleans grapple with the Boy’s trauma as a Vie...

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