This August, GADOC:fringe returns with a bold, bruising double-bill of theatre that refuses to flinch.
Staged in the raw intimacy of the Kerry Luscombe Studio at the Princess Royal Centre for the Performing Arts, where the audience sits almost within arm’s reach of the action, these two one-act plays – Me, Vashya and After Miss Julie – promise a visceral experience like no other. With no curtain to hide behind, the performers are laid bare. And so are the truths they bring.
Director Ethan Hitchon said: “As soon as I read the plays, I knew they had to be performed in the studio. I was thrilled at the idea that the audience will be a fly on the wall as these stories about desire, secrets and mistrust unfold, and seeing what was not meant to be seen by anyone else. By the end, the audience will feel complicit in what they have just witnessed.”
This daring double exploration of power and desire is another slice of unmissable local theatre from GADOC.
Both plays are one act and will be performed back-to-back, with a 15 minute interval in between
Me, Vashya
A dark and gritty political drama written by the famous American playwright Tennessee Williams, which depicts Vashya Shontine, a charismatic expat who has established himself as the world’s leading munitions manufacturer in the current war. Vashya is a man both praised and despised around the world, but how long can Vashya’s keep his true ambitions a secret?
Vashya Shontine Paul Jones
Philip Berian Jones
Dr. Frelich Dave Hyett
Lady Shontine Stephanie Andrijasevic
Lord Huntington Steve Molnar
After Miss Julie
A seductive and suspenseful drama that relocates Strindberg’s 1888 Swedish play to England on a hot summer night in 1945.
John, a servant to an English Lord and who dreams of rising above his station, and Julie, the English Lord’s daughter who is struggling to process her recently broken off engagement, engage in a sultry game of cat and mouse mixed with upstairs/downstairs that could ruin both of them.
Christine Eleanor ‘Miffy’ Lane
John Dave Wheeler
Miss Julie Christiana Joseph
*CONTENT WARNING: Please be aware that ‘After Miss Julie’ contains infrequent strong language and discussion of mature topics (including sexual themes and suicide). Audience discretion is advised.
Production team
Director Ethan Hitchon
Stage manager Sol Phillips
Set design and build Mike Lucas
Costume co-ordinator Kathryn Prince
Props co-ordinator Fleur Rowe
Performance and Ticket info
Wednesday 20 August 19:30
Thursday 21 August 19:30
Friday 22 August 19:30
Saturday 23 August 19:30
Tickets cost £16.50 / £15.50 (OAPs & under-18s). Tickets available from the Princess Royal Centre for Performing Arts or by calling 229999, or online at www.guernseytickets.gg.