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Therese   ​ raquin


by Émile Zola
In a new version by the company
Southwark Playhouse
August 10th - September 3rd 2016

★★★★
Unstinting horror
Financial Times


3 OFFIE nominations
 Best Actor  (Matthew Hopkinson)
Best Actress  (Lily Knight)
Best Ensemble


★★★★★
SECRET/HEART and us could have few better examples
of the power of theatre than this production.
 
Broadwayworld.com

★★★★
Spine-chilling thriller, realised with panache and
physicality by a dynamic young cast. 

The Stage

​Production
Seb Harcombe (director), Olivia du Monceau (designer),
Julian McReady (lighting design), David Ledger (sound design)

​Cast
Alis Wyn Davies  (Madame Raquin), Sam Goodchild (Camille),
Freddie Greaves (Michaud), Matthew Hopkinson (Laurent),
Lily Knight (Therese), Venice van Someren (Suzanne)


Oozing expressionistic flourishes, this adaptation of Zola erupts
in frantic, gory and comical excess. It´s a lot of lurid fun.
 
The Times

★★★★
Mindblowing 
A Younger Theatre

★★★★
A fascinating and horrific production that
will leave the audience shocked
 
The Upcoming
Trapped in a sexless marriage with her sickly cousin Camille,
Therese Raquin embarks on an illicit, turbulent affair with her husband's friend Laurent, that leads to madness and a horrifying conculsion. Written in 1867, Émile Zola's seminal novel proved
a literary sensation. It's honest and powerful portrayal of the overwhelming force of human desire remains shocking to this day.
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