Join us for a Harold Pinter double bill — twice the comedy, twice the menace — comprising two darkly funny one-act plays by one of theatre’s most inventive and versatile writers.
Overview
THE LOVER
Trapped in the monotony of middle-class life, Richard and Sarah’s marriage is on its last legs. Perhaps a lover could reignite their corroding relationship… or is escape from their stifling existence just a fantasy?
Burning with intrigue and uneasy humour, Harold Pinter spins a dangerous game of cat and mouse in this steamy psychological drama.
THE DUMB WAITER
Ben and Gus have a job to do. As they await instructions, their silence is disturbed by the rattle of a dumb waiter delivering peculiar food orders. Who is making demands for extravagant dishes when all the two men have is a packet of crisps?
As the intensity builds in Pinter’s comedy of claustrophobia, Ben and Gus begin to question everything… and so will you.
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Reviews
“a delicious satire of bourgeois norms” (THE LOVER) The Guardian
★★★★ “Jangles the nerves… gnaws the mind” (THE DUMB WAITER) The Telegraph
“Pinter is one of the most important playwrights of our time” The New York Times
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SPECIAL PERFORMANCES
Audio Described
- Sat 24 May 3pm
- Thu 29 May 11am
Q&A Sessions
- Fri 16 May 7.30pm
- Thu 22 May 11am
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- Wed 4 June 7.30pm