MANOR
A NEW PLAY BY MARTIN MURPHY
TRISTAN BATES THEATRE, Covent Garden
March 15 - April 3rd 2010 7.30pm
For Tickets Call 0207 240 6283
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Manor is dark and hard hitting. Martin Murphy's writing is
brutal, poetic and bloody funny. A play which deserves tobe seen in the flesh.
David Scinto. Writer, Sexy Beast, 44 Inch Chest
Credit must go to director James Kermack
who has managed to create a powerful, if grim,
evening of theatre.
WhatsOnStage
It's a fierce and disturbing debut play about
North London gangsters by a new talent, well
acted by a young cast that deliver a
sit-up-and-take-notice ferocity of performance
that had me on the edge of my seat
Aleks Sierz. Writer, In-Yer-Face Theatre
Brutally beautiful with captivating performances
Remote Goat
Minimal props and set design help emphasise
the true star of Manor: the captivating dialogue.
Spoonfed
MANOR IS THE BRUTAL TALE OF THREE MEN THROWN TOGETHER
BY VIOLENCE AND LOVE. ALTHOUGH SET IN THE PRESENT DAY,
MANOR TELLS A STORY WHICH BRINGS ELEMENTS OF GREEK
MYTHOLOGY, TRADITIONAL LEGEND AND BIBLICAL REFERENCE
INTO THE CLASSIC BRITISH GANGSTER GENRE. MANOR USES A
HEIGHTENED POETIC FORM OF LANGUAGE, TRANSFORMING THE
WORDS OF THE GRIMY LONDON UNDERWORLD INTO A NEAR
MUSICAL EXPERIENCE. WHILE THE PLAY IS UNDOUBTEDLY HARD
HITTING MARTIN MURPHY'S PLAY FINDS A REAL HUMANITY IN
EACH OF HIS CHARACTERS MAKING THE HORRIFYING
BEARABLE WHILST TRANSFORMING THE MOST MINOR
INFIDELITY INTO AN UNFORGIVABLE SIN.