Pushing the
boundaries
I Promise You Sex And
Violence
Newcastle Northern Stage
5-20 September
A brutally funny and
frankly pretty offensive new play by David Ireland.
Hilarious,
sexy and violent, I Promise You Sex and Violence is a romantic comedy about
three broken people, who don’t know what they are and don’t know how to behave.
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Keith Fleming and Reuben
Johnson
Photo: Mark Savage
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A
witty, frantic and unflinching story directed by Lorne Campbell.
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Keith Fleming and Esther
MacAuley
Photo: Mark Savage
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Fresh from heading up Northern Stage’s 2014 Edinburgh Festival programme in their new home at King’s Hall is David Ireland’s I Promise You Sex And Violence, directed by artistic director Lorne Campbell.
This
comic, provocative and shocking rom-com places the emotional and sexual
no-limits confusion of urban 30-somethings against a political satire of
racism, sexism, homophobia, highlighting the dangers of fearing ‘the other’
which is sharply relevant in the run up to the independence vote.
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| Reuben
Johnson
Photo: Mark Savage
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Writer
David Ireland is a leading voice of his generation and this is his most
ambitious play to date. Lorne Campbell
says, “It’s very very funny, it’s very very offensive, and it’s actually very
romantic. It’s a romantic comedy about three broken people, who don’t know what
they are and don’t know how to behave. The characters’ actions are desperate
and extreme, their language is racist, misogynistic and homophobic and the story
follows through on the title’s promise to be both sexy and violent. David Ireland is one of Britain’s most exciting
dramatists and I think this play is his best yet. What is so exciting about his
writing is that in the middle of all of this carnage, of all of this extremity,
this is a thoughtful, moral and humane play. It’s about how and why we love,
about the kindness, understanding and profound tolerance that are absolute
necessities for any civilised society. I
Promise You Sex and Violence is a romantic comedy about a love triangle between
a racist, a misogynist and a homophobe.
It has the potential to offend everyone in every possible way. And yet my intention was not to offend. So how have I ended up writing such a
play? I'm not sure myself. But I grew up in Belfast in the 70s and 80s so
violence, political extremism, tribalism, intolerance and sexual repression are
themes that I've always found compelling.
And I love When Harry Met Sally as much as I love The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. And I always thought the Derek and
Clive albums were much funnier than anything Peter Cook and Dudley Moore ever
did on TV. So maybe this is why the play is what it is. Whatever happens, the response will be
interesting."
Cast
are:
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| Reuben
Johnson
Photo: Mark Savage
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Reuben
Johnson
Esther
McAuley
Keith
Fleming
Tickets:
Strictly
18+
5-20
Sept, 8pm
Tickets:
£14.50 / £12 conc.
Box
Office: 0191 230 5151
or
online at www.northernstage.co.uk
Post-show
discussion: Thu 11 Sept
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