I nærmeste fremtid skal jeg ind og se "The Next Connie Nielsen" alias den talentfulde dansk-amerikanske skuespillerinde Jane Pejtersen, der sammen med teatergruppen The Handcart Ensemble opfører: Euripides' Alcestis In a version by Ted Hughes
Handcart Ensemble announces the New York premiere of Euripides'
Alcestis in its triumphant adaptation by poet Ted Hughes. Written by Hughes in the final months of his life, its guilt-ridden, widower protagonist prompted comparisons to the death of Hughes's first wife, the poet Sylvia Plath. Whatever its biographical content, Hughes's version of
Alcestis stands on its own as a meditation on life, death, sacrifice, and redemption and toured the United Kingdom in 2000 to widespread acclaim:
"Wonderfully bold, punchy verse.... I challenge anyone not to be moved." - Benedict Nightingale, The Times
"Hughes makes this a story of struggle and, finally, hope in which death is conquered not just by Heracles but by unswerving love.... [Hughes] heightens the conflict in several ways." -Michael Billington, The Guardian
"...especially poignant and courageous.... Alcestis is a work that looks death in the eye without blinking." -Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph
Alcestis will be staged in a boldly imaginative production by Handcart Ensemble, named among NYTheatre.com's People of the Year for 2006.
Så skal jeg en tur til Danmark og overvære dette spændende stykke:
Vågen af Tore Ørnsbo
- der kan overværes på
Teatret ved den Sorte Hest. Den særdeles talentfulde Christine Wolff har tidligere medvirket i bl.a. Grease. Tore Ørnsbo er nok mest kendt for sine (til tider prisbelønnede) digtsamlinger, så det skal blive spændende at se, hvad han kan levere som playwriter.