Dates : Tuesday 19 October 2004 - Saturday 06 November 2004
Theatre :
Untitled"The first true play of the 21st Century"
Caryl Churchill is one of the most influential playwrights currently writing in the English language. For more than thirty years she has been combining social commitment with theatrical experimentation. Her body of work includes the award winning plays Top Girls, Serious Money, Fen and Cloud Nine.
A Number is the most recent of Caryl Churchill’s plays. First produced by the Royal Court in September 2002, the key questions Caryl Churchill asks in this play are what makes us who we are? How responsible are we for or actions? and can we really change the way we behave?
Walk around the corner and see yourself you could get a heart attack. Because if that's me over there who am I?
The startling story of a father and his cloned sons A Number is a tightly spun thriller which offers a fresh and dramatic take on the nature versus nurture debate.
"The questions this brilliant, harrowing and humane play asks are almost unanswerable, which is why they must be asked" The Sunday Times
"Churchill proceeds to ask question after question about genes, free will, the impact of upbringing and environment and human identity itself..there is after all, no more original and skilful dramatist at work"The Times
