URBANITE READING SERIES
POISON
By Lot Vekemans
Directed by Natalie Novacek
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February 25-27 2018 @ 8PM
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The Urbanite Reading Series features staged readings of newer works we're considering giving full productions. All readings will include talkbacks following the reading, where your feedback is crucial.
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Alone in a room for the first time in years, a couple is brought back together again after a harrowing breakup. As the play progresses, old wounds re-open, new truths surface, and the real reason behind their separation is learned. Delicate yet hard-hitting, POISON holds up a (hopeful) mirror to humanity where love and humour can still be found in the midst of so much pain.
Approximately 85 minutes, no intermission.
Content Disclaimer: Contains adult language
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CAST
Harry Lipstein*
He
Andrea Dovner*
She
“...a fiercely claustrophobic play...”
-The Gaurdian
"Difficult, pain-ridden, yet in parts amusing, Poison’s triumph is rooted in the writing..."
-LondonTheatre1
"[a] delicate yet hard-hitting show about the grief of losing a child..."
-Plays to See
*Member of Actors' Equity Association
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