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Theatre Rue present Very Hard Times, at Aberystwyth Arts Centre |
Following hard on the heels of last year's very popular shows, Lady in the Van and Same Time Next Year, Mid Wales outfit Theatre Rue presents a dark, brooding meditation on the banking crisis, spiced up with music, dancing and some bare legs. Very Hard Times will be performed at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on Wednesday 31 October and Thursday 1 November 2012. Taking as its source material a hackneyed, yet startlingly relevant, Victorian melodrama based on Dickens' classic (of which, alas, only one sentence remains), Very Hard Times offers an unusual perspective on our economic climate that is by turns thrilling, chilling and tragic. As the lights fade up we dimly perceive a low-income couple with one child. A knock on the door... and their lives are changed forever by the irresistible temptations of a loan shark. Greed, envy and lust take hold, while the hero weighs up the pros and cons of recapturing his erring wife. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. You’ll laugh again, then you’ll cry some more. This will go on for some time. But one question will remain: how on earth could melodrama have remained the predominant dramatic art form for a hundred years? Well, it did…and it’s back! This is a piece of deftly daft theatre for our very hard times. Age recommendation: 11+. To book contact Aberystwyth Arts Centre on 01970 62 32 32 or go online www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre Wednesday 31 October and Thursday 1 November 2012. Written by Angus Barr and directed by James Williams Lucas. |
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Thursday, October 11, 2012 |
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