A Dangerous Role Play of the Bourgeois

Media Release – 18 December 2010
For Immediate Release

A Dangerous Role Play of the Bourgeois

THE LOVER

Written by Harold Pinter. Directed by Caroline Bell-Booth
Starring Craig Hall and Michelle Langstone

A polished, high quality piece of theatre, Harold Pinter’s The Lover is a thought provoking, engaging and oft-ignored medium in the mainstream, theatre’s resurgence; key aspects that play to The Basement’s strengths as it plays from February 3rd.

A one-act play by Harold Pinter, The Lover leads the audience to believe that the wife is openly conducting an adulterous relationship with someone close. The tension lies in the dichotomy of a respectable bourgeois couple indulging in erotic fantasy and how to reconcile carnal desire with social expectations.

The Lover pushes the boundaries of contemporary theatre, injecting new life and a younger, culturally aware audience into the realm of the medium. A creative and stylistic experience of impeccable taste, reinventing theatre as we know it – The Lover moves the scripted word above and beyond what we expect, and into the realm of sex, fashion and art.

Producer Tara Riddell has brought together a visionary, talented young team of creatives to realise her vision for The Lover, resulting in a piece of theatre that is the epitome of a fresh and impeccable design and vision.

Katie Lockhart’s set design is, in itself, a work of art. Award winning costume designer Kirsty Cameron’s work will compliment with subtle enhancement to the story and characters, as does hair and makeup and design courtesy of top fashion salon Stephen Marr. Lead actor, Craig Hall, and actress, Michelle Langstone, bring a depth and sensitivity to the play.

Both have worked with established director Caroline Bell-Booth (TVNZ, Shortland Street), and truly connect with her direction and vision.

This is an exhilarating, titillating and challenging theatrical experience. The audience will leave questioning the nature of their own sexual desires and fantasies, and whether accessing them would be liberating…or frightening.

Harold Pinter’s The Lover plays
3rd – 13th February 2010
The Basement Theatre, Lower Greys Avenue, Auckland CBD
Tickets: $20 (plus applicable booking fees)

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