Dark, desperate and beautiful
"Do you hear voices?" asks an unnamed woman. The answer: "Only when they talk
to me."
Crave is a love story, of sorts, in which four fragmented voices - who may or may not be parts of the same whole - speak about what it is they most
desire. Mapping the turbulent and often contradictory journey of the human heart, it deals with love, loss and the extreme reaches of human emotion.Dark, desperate and beautiful
"Do you hear voices?" asks an unnamed woman. The answer: "Only when they talk
to me."
Crave is a love story, of sorts, in which four fragmented voices - who may or may not be parts of the same whole - speak about what it is they most
desire. Mapping the turbulent and often contradictory journey of the human heart, it deals with love, loss and the extreme reaches of human emotion.More of a 'symphony for four voices' than a traditional play, Crave draws from sources as diverse as T S Eliot, the Bible and Alister Crowley. Its logic is elliptical and its language and subject matter fierce.
"It's certainly very dark, and even terrifying in parts," says director Erin Harrington, "but it has an almost uncanny beauty to it as well."
"It's such a painful and desolate piece but it is very uplifting, and occasionally very funny, in its own twisted way. It is one of the most brutally honest things I have ever read."
The debut presentation from new theatre company Scopophilia Productions, Crave features a wealth of young talent. Actors Gene Banyard, Jessica
Lust, Eve Barlow and Ed Lust have all featured on the Christchurch stage and screen, and bring a moving intensity and intimacy to the piece.
This is the first time one of British playwright Sarah Kane's works has been performed in Christchurch, and only the second time Crave has been
performed in New Zealand. Kane achieved infamy in 1995 with her shocking debut Blasted, and penned a small but ground-breaking corpus of work before her death in 1999.
Although not necessarily conducive to the 'Christmas spirit', Crave promises to move and entrance.
Crave is being performed at Creation (the old Metro Theatre Building on Worcester St), at 7:30pm, from Tuesday 14 - Saturday 18 December. It has an
R18 rating for disturbing content and offensive language. Tickets cost $9 and $12.
For bookings or more information, phone Erin on 372 1457.