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Dateline:
27th January, 2006
The Arcola Goes Back to Its Roots
2006 marks the Arcola’s fifth anniversary. Until five years ago,
the venue was a clothes factory. To celebrate the heritage of the building,
Blue Hug in association with the Arcola presents Factory Plays,
a programme of readings which explore the role of the factory in the
work of four highly reputed yet rarely performed international playwrights.
Saturday 4th February
The Slackers
By Peter Turrini, translated by Richard S Dixon (Austria)
Directed by Dan Barnard
Laid off from the steel factory despite having won the prize for best
worker, Jack refuses to see the bigger picture that his bosses insist
on talking about. In his attempt to keep body, soul and family together,
he is forced to become an instrument of the system which deprived him
of his livelihood. Peter Turrini is one of the most important living
Austrian playwrights. A controversial and uncompromising dramatist and
social critic, Turrini has won numerous awards in Austria.
Saturday 11th February
Machine Diary
By Suzuki Matsuo (Japan)
Directed by Rachel Parish
Brothers Akitoshi and Michio own a factory. Michio has been accused
of rape and imprisoned in a prefabricated hut, where he repairs electrical
appliances. Akitoshi has taken responsibility for the victim, and married
her. The stakes are raised when a teacher called Keiko arrives and falls
for Michio. Meanwhile Akitoshi’s irascible pet crocodile lies waiting
in the pond. Suzuki Matsuo is one of Japan’s most exciting playwrights.
He founded Otonokeikaku, which became Japan’s foremost avant-garde
theatre company in the 1990s. He won the Kisihida Kunio Drama Award
in 1997.
Saturday 18th February
What Happened After Nora Left Her Husband or Pillars of Society
By Elfriede Jelinek, translated by Tinch Minter (Austria)
Directed by Rachel Briscoe
This radical and provocative sequel to Ibsen’s A Doll’s
House shows Nora in a challenging world of industry, corruption
and ill-fated love affairs,struggling to define her identity. Elfriede
Jelinek won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2004. Her novel, The
Piano Teacher, has been made into a film.
All the readings begin at six o'clock and entrance is free.
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