Performance

VenueEtcetera Theatre
TownInner London
CountyGreater London
From6th October 1999
To24th October 1999
What is currently on at Etcetera Theatre (V198)

Pledges, Vows and Pass This Note

Pledges, Vows and Pass This NoteT1798710179
A deep look into the promises we make and the promises we break to ask are we born to be alone?
Author Frank Moorhouse


Archive :: production:T1798710179, play:S597454793, venue:V198

Production details

Part of the 'Together Alone' Festival

Reviews

Reviews


User Review: 10Jun06: There is no lack of drama in Nuria Benet’s mesmerising performance of Pledges, Vows and Pass This Note, a verse monologue by Frank Moorhouse, about a woman oppressed by men and her memories of them .../... Benet acts out her girlish excitement at being asked out, her repeated break-ups, her violent encounters. Taking on the part of the man too in these exchanges, her tiny body speaks concisely: she is powerful, rough, vulnerable, horny and frightened at will. With only a table and two chairs as set, she creates the world of her life of love and sex. Whether Benet is fucking herself, arguing with herself or tracing the lines of her body - what is left after all these men - her performance has a lustrous energy which draws us into her painful contortions. Alister Lownie
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User Reviews

USER (10Jun06): There is no lack of drama in Nuria Benet’s mesmerising performance of Pledges, Vows and Pass This Note, a verse monologue by Frank Moorhouse, about a woman oppressed by men and her memories of them .../... Benet acts out her girlish excitement at being asked out, her repeated break-ups, her violent encounters. Taking on the part of the man too in these exchanges, her tiny body speaks concisely: she is powerful, rough, vulnerable, horny and frightened at will. With only a table and two chairs as set, she creates the world of her life of love and sex. Whether Benet is fucking herself, arguing with herself or tracing the lines of her body - what is left after all these men - her performance has a lustrous energy which draws us into her painful contortions. Alister Lownie

Company

Director Jennifer Stewart
Performer Nuria Benet
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