THE SEA
By Edward Bond
Directed by Jack Harrold
Performed by BA (Hons) Acting Year 2 Students
Set in the high Edwardian world of 1907, The Sea is a fascinating blend of wild farce, high comedy, biting social satire and poetic tragedy. A wild storm shakes a small East Anglian seaside village, and Willy is unable to save his friend from drowning. The raving coastguard is too drunk to do anything; Hatch the draper is passing by but he believes that hovering alien spaceships are slowly replacing people’s brains, and he refuses to help while the grande dame Mrs Rafi, bastion of respectability, amateur theatricals and velvet curtains from Birmingham, sets her face against the chaos.
This collection of furious eccentricity, the bitter collision of class, and the fierce burning of grief sways between light-hearted comedy and desolate poetry, an examination of rural manners and humanity’s unqualified potential. The Sea was first produced in 1973 at the Royal Court Theatre, London.
Please note:
* The Performance will take place at Studio E - IAB Can Pei.
* Entry to the performance will not be allowed once the play has started.
* No suitable for children under 14.
* Two-hour performance in English. There will be an interval.
