“The future is disorder”
In Tom Stoppard’s ARCADIA past and present
are comically blurred in an English country house as the life of the Croom
family in 1809 is juxtaposed with two present-day researchers working in the
library of Sidley Park.
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| Bernard (Adam Lowe), Septimus (Adam Owers), Hannah (Anna Dobson), Thomasina (Catherine Ellis) Photos by Paula Smart |
The pert observations of Thomasina, a teenage
Regency maths prodigy, are pitched against the subdued passion of the
21st-century academics. Meanwhile, death lurks outside amidst the shrubberies
beyond the French window.
ARCADIA is a play of discovery that explores the nature of
truth and time. The modern-day characters are bent on discovering what happened
in the same place in the nineteenth century, while the nineteenth century
characters work to discover the truth about what is going on around them.
The difference between the Classical and the
Romantic temperament is explored, along with the disruptive influence of sex on
our orbits in life - a force which neither Newton nor Einstein could explain.
A smash hit since its debut at the National Theatre
in 1993, ARCADIA is a funny and moving drama for the head and the heart,
and is frequently cited as one of the great plays of the 20th century.
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| Hannah (Anna Dobson), Septimus (Adam Owers), Bernard (Adam Lowe), Thomasina (Catherine Ellis) Photos by Paula Smart |
ARCADIA is the first main stage production of our Spring/Summer
Season. Other highlights include Oscar Wilde’s comedy THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEING EARNEST, FRANKENSTEIN and an adaptation of Catherine Cookson’s
local classic THE GAMBLING MAN.
DATE: Tuesday 12 – Saturday 16 March 2019
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE: People’s Theatre, Stephenson Road,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 5QF
TICKETS: £14 (Concessions £11.50)
TELE: 0191 265 5020
WEBSITE: www.peoplestheatre.co.uk
TELE: 0191 265 5020
WEBSITE: www.peoplestheatre.co.uk
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