| Author: | Vassily Sigarev | ISBN: | 9781780018119 |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books | Publication: | August 4, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Nick Hern Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Vassily Sigarev |
| ISBN: | 9781780018119 |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Publication: | August 4, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Nick Hern Books |
| Language: | English |
An extraordinary and disturbing play about post-Communist Russia by a young Siberian-born writer.
Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright
Anti-Booker Prize, Moscow
In a faceless city in the depths of present-day Russia a young boy dies. Women in the street are drunk, fight and demand sex. Maksim, a schoolboy, makes his way through this urban hell. His only retreat is into a private world moulded by himself, out of which springs a final act of reckless courage.
'Watching this impressive and disturbing howl of a play by the young Russian writer, Vassily Sigarev, is like taking a walk through a rough, druggy London scene after closing time... it has flashes of almost comic grotesquery, vividly communicates an alarming sense of contemporary urban Russia on the verge of anarchy and breakdown' - Evening Standard
'This extraordinary play lasts only 75 minutes, but watching Dominic Cooke's brilliant production you feel you have been to hell and back. Plasticine offers a nightmarish trip to the lower depths of contemporary Russia, and the sheer power of the staging leaves you reeling' - Daily Telegraph
An extraordinary and disturbing play about post-Communist Russia by a young Siberian-born writer.
Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright
Anti-Booker Prize, Moscow
In a faceless city in the depths of present-day Russia a young boy dies. Women in the street are drunk, fight and demand sex. Maksim, a schoolboy, makes his way through this urban hell. His only retreat is into a private world moulded by himself, out of which springs a final act of reckless courage.
'Watching this impressive and disturbing howl of a play by the young Russian writer, Vassily Sigarev, is like taking a walk through a rough, druggy London scene after closing time... it has flashes of almost comic grotesquery, vividly communicates an alarming sense of contemporary urban Russia on the verge of anarchy and breakdown' - Evening Standard
'This extraordinary play lasts only 75 minutes, but watching Dominic Cooke's brilliant production you feel you have been to hell and back. Plasticine offers a nightmarish trip to the lower depths of contemporary Russia, and the sheer power of the staging leaves you reeling' - Daily Telegraph
