Conor McPherson — Playwright (3)

Performance

The Dance of Death Steppenwolf 50版
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theater: Steppenwolf theater director: Yasen Peyankov original creator: August Strindberg
other title: Steppenwolf 50版 playwright: Conor McPherson
In the high stone tower of an isolated naval fortress, Alice and Edgar are about to celebrate 25 years of wedded bliss—if decades of resentment, recrimination and mutual sabotage count as bliss. But when an alluring visitor arrives, the delicate balance of their tedious arrangement falls off its axis, cracks growing into canyons. In Conor McPherson’s wicked take on Strindberg’s masterclass in marital warfare, a twisted love triangle waltzes off the edge of a cliff, plunging us all into the deep.

Performance

Cold War
Douban
Conor McPherson genre: Musical composer: Elvis Costello
theater: Almeida Theatre director: Rupert Goold actor: Luke Thallon / Anya Chalotra
Poland, 1949. Zula is bold and brilliant, a singer who ignites the stage. Wiktor is withdrawn and damaged, a composer longing to write. Irresistibly drawn to each other, they dream of escape. But in communist-controlled Poland that can be a dangerous thing. Based on Paweł Pawlikowski’s Academy Award-nominated film, Cold War is an epic love story spanning the decades and breadth of Europe at its most divided. Featuring traditional Polish songs, stirring choral arrangements, alongside music from Grammy Award-winner Elvis Costello, Conor McPherson‘s (Girl from the North Country, The Weir) adaptation of Cold War is a compelling story of passion, redemption, and the journey to be free.

Performance

Girl from the North Country
Girl from the North Country Douban
Conor McPherson / Bob Dylan genre: theater
other title: 北国女孩 director: Conor McPherson actor: Shirley Henderson / Ciarán Hinds / Sheila Atim / Debbie Kurup / Mare Winningham
Duluth, Minnesota. 1934. A community living on a knife-edge huddle together in the local guesthouse. The owner, Nick, owes more money than he can ever repay, his wife Elizabeth is losing her mind and their daughter Marianne is carrying a child no-one will account for. And, when a preacher selling bibles and a boxer looking for a comeback show up in the middle of the night, things start to spiral beyond the point of no return… Brought to life by a 20-piece company of actors and musicians, award-winning playwright Conor McPherson beautifully weaves the iconic songbook of Bob Dylan into this new show full of hope, heartbreak and soul