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The Pimp
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Paris 1842.One intoxicating evening Charles Baudelaire, poet and dandy par excellence,encounters the Creole actress Jeanne.When their interracial relationship is exposed,his mother and family lawyer furiously begin a
struggle,over decades,to expel Jeanne from his life, launching an ever unsettling chain of events.
This production contains nudity and scenes of a sexual nature
Dates &Times:
Tues 18 April – Sun 7 May 2006
Tues – Sat 7.30pm ,,Sun – 4pm
Previews
Tues 18, Wed 19 and Thurs 20th 7.30pm
Director:Ana Dirckinck-Holmfeld
Designer:Sadie Tilbury
Costume Designer:Ellen Kyriacou
Lighting Designer:Richard Williamson
Cast: Lara Agar-Stoby, Timothy Dodd, Anna Lindup, Will Tosh
Dic Edwards returns to the London stage with the UK premiere of his provocative new play.The Pimp follows his critically acclaimed opera Manifest Destiny,shown at the Edinburgh Fringe and Tricycle,about a Palestinian female suicide bomber.
The press on Dic Edwards ' previous work:
"fresh and surprising.A fascinating evening."The Times
"funny and provocative." What 's On
"Dic Edwards has a gift for the telling phrase and an eye for the
bizarre." The Herald.
"A stimulating piece of theatre " The Guardian
Venue:
The White Bear Theatre
138 Kennington Park Road
London
SE11 4DJ
Tickets:
£10 /£8 concessions
24 Hour booking
The White Bear Theatre 08700 600 100 |
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