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desperanceOkay: for those of you within striking distance of Newcastle, this is the true gen, and I have the flyers to prove it.
My play 'A Cold Coming' will be performed at the Library Theatre, South Shields, 3rd - 5th April at 7.30. Tickets £8/£5 concessions, from the Customs House (0191 454 1234), or on the door (if there are any left - beware! Book early, book often!! It's quite a small venue...).
The official blurb (which I did not write) says this;
--
A Cold Coming, by Chaz Brenchley
Quin is close to death. Ten years ago he was diagnosed HIV positive. A year
ago his condition deteriorated and, three months later, his partner Michael
took up a post at the University of Kyoto. Quin is looked after by a group of
old friends and former students. Now Michael has returned...
Just an hour long, Newcastle-based novelist Chaz Brenchley's deeply moving
first play examines the complexities of relationships in the face of death.
--
And this is what I gave a local literature promoter for his website:
"I haven't written a play since my student days, except once in celebration of
a city's 900th birthday. Last time I did, though, it was an
end-of-the-universe science fiction piece. This time, not. I was invited to
do it out of the blue, and took mere moments to realise two things: first,
that I wanted to do it, very much; second, that I had all the material to hand
already. I've been revisiting the same theme for years now in short stories
and novellas, exploring the consequences on a disparate group of friends of
acting as carers for a dying man. A stage play was another opportunity to
examine the impacts of slow death on long relationships. And Peter had
specifically said 'not a comedy', so I took him at his word. It is, I hope, a
thoughtful piece; I hope it's also shocking.
"The director has more to say about it in his blog, here:
http://blog.britishtheatreguide.info/2007/02/22/a-cold-coming/ (money-shot:
'If I say that among the items covered have been solipsism, medical ethics,
alienation from society, euthanasia, academia, Rudyard Kipling, self-worth,
language and hierarchy, you'll see that these discussions have been pretty
wide-ranging.')"
Come one, come all...
My play 'A Cold Coming' will be performed at the Library Theatre, South Shields, 3rd - 5th April at 7.30. Tickets £8/£5 concessions, from the Customs House (0191 454 1234), or on the door (if there are any left - beware! Book early, book often!! It's quite a small venue...).
The official blurb (which I did not write) says this;
--
A Cold Coming, by Chaz Brenchley
Quin is close to death. Ten years ago he was diagnosed HIV positive. A year
ago his condition deteriorated and, three months later, his partner Michael
took up a post at the University of Kyoto. Quin is looked after by a group of
old friends and former students. Now Michael has returned...
Just an hour long, Newcastle-based novelist Chaz Brenchley's deeply moving
first play examines the complexities of relationships in the face of death.
--
And this is what I gave a local literature promoter for his website:
"I haven't written a play since my student days, except once in celebration of
a city's 900th birthday. Last time I did, though, it was an
end-of-the-universe science fiction piece. This time, not. I was invited to
do it out of the blue, and took mere moments to realise two things: first,
that I wanted to do it, very much; second, that I had all the material to hand
already. I've been revisiting the same theme for years now in short stories
and novellas, exploring the consequences on a disparate group of friends of
acting as carers for a dying man. A stage play was another opportunity to
examine the impacts of slow death on long relationships. And Peter had
specifically said 'not a comedy', so I took him at his word. It is, I hope, a
thoughtful piece; I hope it's also shocking.
"The director has more to say about it in his blog, here:
http://blog.britishtheatreguide.info/2007/02/22/a-cold-coming/ (money-shot:
'If I say that among the items covered have been solipsism, medical ethics,
alienation from society, euthanasia, academia, Rudyard Kipling, self-worth,
language and hierarchy, you'll see that these discussions have been pretty
wide-ranging.')"
Come one, come all...