Theatre & dance · Drama
The Human Voice
Prime Cut Productions' new version of Cocteau's The Human Voice, starring Nicky Harley, in the studio theatre at Market Place Theatre, Armagh.
About it
Thursday 12 November |
8pm | £16 / £14 (conc)
Prime Cut
Productions, Ireland’s leading independent and award-winning theatre company, return with their critically acclaimed new version of Jean Cocteau’s ‘The Human Voice’, by Darren Murphy. Directed by award-winning Emma Jordan (Little Brother, The Pillowman, The Beauty Queen of Leenane) and starring Nicky Harley, (The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Dancing at Lughnasa), in a performance described as “fabulous” and “riveting” this new version is a radical reimagining of Cocteau’s work, “an impeccable piece of theatre”
It is a contemporary Belfast story of a woman juggling love and work, as emotional and psychological demands on her time from a desperate client interrupts the devastation of her final call with the lover who abandons her. Pushed to her limits, she must negotiate a treacherous path between her private and public worlds. Heartache is not the aching, luxurious business it used to be.
This performance contains some strong language and adult themes. Suitable for age 16+.
This event will take place in our studio theatre with an unreserved, tiered seating layout.
"Nicky
Harley is fearless...supreme, instinctive”: The Stage "A hard-hitting raw and powerful drama that examines human will and reality”: View Digital
Thursday 12 November |
8pm | £16 / £14 (conc)
Prime Cut
Productions, Ireland’s leading independent and award-winning theatre company, return with their critically acclaimed new version of Jean Cocteau’s ‘The Human Voice’, by Darren Murphy. Directed by award-winning Emma Jordan (Little Brother, The Pillowman, The Beauty Queen of Leenane) and starring Nicky Harley, (The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Dancing at Lughnasa), in a performance described as “fabulous” and “riveting” this new version is a radical reimagining of Cocteau’s work, “an impeccable piece of theatre”
It is a contemporary Belfast story of a woman juggling love and work, as emotional and psychological demands on her time from a desperate client interrupts the devastation of her final call with the lover who abandons her. Pushed to her limits, she must negotiate a treacherous path between her private and public worlds. Heartache is not the aching, luxurious business it used to be.
This performance contains some strong language and adult themes. Suitable for age 16+.
This event will take place in our studio theatre with an unreserved, tiered seating layout.
"Nicky
Harley is fearless...supreme, instinctive”: The Stage "A hard-hitting raw and powerful drama that examines human will and reality”: View Digital
