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Cleansed
Almeida TheatreAlmeida St, London
Until 21 Nov
About this event
I love you now. I’m with you now. I’ll do my best, moment to moment, not to betray you. Now. That’s it. No more. Don’t make me lie to you. How far are they prepared to go to prove their devotion? And will their love survive when subjected to the most extreme violence? Sarah Kane remains one of the most original and controversial voices in British playwriting history. Rebecca Frecknall ( A Streetcar Named Desire ; Cabaret ) directs an “exquisitely rendered” ( The Telegraph ) and “viscerally provocative” ( The Stage ) revival of Kane’s masterpiece, which explores the brutality of desire and asks what happens to love when there’s nothing else worth living for? This “potent, moving and fantastic
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