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Realism

Soho Theatre, Inner London
From: Thursday, 9th June 2011
To: Saturday, 9 July 2011

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Synopsis

Thrill! - to the man making tea! Laugh! - as the man does his washing! Gasp! - as the man drops his toast! Roar! - as he wipes down the kitchen unit! Cry! - as he puts on his jammies! A magical trip into the mundane. Contains strong language and scenes of a sexual nature.

Our Review:

Nancy Groves - 16 June 2011

What goes through the head of an ordinary man in the course of one day (aside from the obvious)? If this seems a quotidian subject, Anthony Neilson’s Realism is anything but. Revived at Soho Theatre, five years after its debut at the Edinburgh International Festival, Neilson’s play is an ambitious choice for new artistic director Steve Marmion to tackle as his opening production.

Ostensibly a one-man kitchen sink drama, Tim Treloar plays, well, Tim Treloar, an unremarkable guy waking up newly single on his sofa one Saturday morning. Rejecting the offer of company, Tim instead chooses to mope around his flat (and mind) where we join him for the next three discombobulating acts.

From childhood memories to sexual fantasies, even imagining his own funeral (and haven’t we all done that?), Neilson pits Tim’s physical and mental realities against each other, showing up our subconscious for the surreal soup it is. Ex-girlfriends...

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