Edinburgh Festival debut for no-holds-barred play by
new Dublin woman writer - directed by Max Stafford-Clark
for Out of Joint. National tour including Abbey, Dublin,
and Royal Court. Duck is both the nickname of the
ultra-modern teenage girl at the heart of the play and a
reference to the ancient practice of ducking suspected
witches...Set in present-day Dublin, Duck follows the
doings of Cat, in her late teens and temping as a
nightclub hostess. She tries to jolt-start her life by
blowing up her boyfriend's car and hopping into bed with
a fifty-year-old married man. But for all her Sturm and
Drang, she comes to realise that companionship with her
best mate Sophie offer the best option after
all...Premiered by one of the country's most prestigious
theatre companies, Out of Joint, Duck opens at the
Edinburgh Festival in August 2003 before touring the UK,
playing at the Abbey Theatre during the Dublin Festival
and finally at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in
December.Duck is directed by Max Stafford-Clark, who ran
the Royal Court Theatre from 1[zasłonięte]979-19 and whose past
productions include most of Caryl Churchill's work, the
notorious Shopping and Fucking and the famous pairing of
Our Country's Good and The Recruiting Officer. |
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