Elphin Productions in association with Park Theatre presents
By Alan Bowne
Directed by Robin Lefevre
Captioned Performance
Date and time: Wednesday 27 June 2018 at 19.45
Venue: Park Theatre, Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 3JP
Ticket prices:
Previews – £14.50
Standard – £18.00
Concessions – £16.50
Child (Under 16) – £13.00
Essential companion goes free
‘I can live without sex and feel dead or risk death and feel alive’
Torch has been quarantined in a dark, squalid room on the Lower East Side of New York City, which the locals refer to as “Beirut”, after testing positive for a nameless disease. Torch passes the time alone, forbidden from contact with the outside world.
His girlfriend, Blue, makes the dangerous journey across the quarantine line to be with him. Torch tries to keep her at arm’s length and they argue lovingly, jokingly, fearfully, bravely and desperately about sex and death. All the while, Torch pleads with Blue to leave before his resistance fails…
Robin Lefevre has previously won the New York Drama Desk Award for Best Director and is a Tony Award nominee.
‘The marvel of Mr Bowne’s work is the richly raunchy language, tuned to the gritty rhythms of the street. It’s crude yet lyrical; the dialogue sings’
– The New York Times
