Playing The Victim by the Presnyakov Brothers, translated by Sasha Dugdale
17 March, 7.15pm, Post Show Q&A
21 March, 7.15pm, Captioned Performance
Actually, I use chopsticks so I don’t have to do the washing up. They do it all whilst I’m still eating. No one’s got the patience to see the dirty dishes and me still chewing calmly. Chopsticks are really annoying to eat with – even when you get good at it.
Valya spends his time avoiding anything unpleasant. His parents cannot understand their son - is he fearful of life or just lazy? But when Valya drops out of university, he has a plan. He gets a job playing the victim in police murder reconstructions. Maybe by getting close to death he can avoid his own.
This is an amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.
Running time: approx. 1 hour and 30 minutes (no interval)
Content warnings
Contains challenging content, depression and murder
Cast in alphabetical order
Becky Bush WPC Lyuda
Claira Gayer Waitress in Café / Swimming Pool Official / Waitress in Japanese restaurant
Alfie Lockwood Dolzhansky - 1st criminal / Zakirov - 2nd criminal / Verhushkin - 3rd criminal
James Pedley-Holden Father / Police Inspector 1 / Police Inspector 2
Oliver Ridgway Valya
Natalie Vaughan Mother / Police Sergeant
Creative team
Maxim Didenko Director
Grace Farrow-Moore Designer
Caitlin MacGregor Lighting Designer
Hattie North Sound Designer
Savva Rozanov Composer
Freesheet with full production team
For full cast, creative and production team information, please download the freesheet here.
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