An elderly woman surprises her carer and a young visitor with a revelation from her past – but it is when she falls into a coma that so much more is revealed.
This dark comedy is about any(wo)man: who we are, why we are, how we are. It looks at life with a 360-degree view. It is about living life and the inevitability of death.
Warning: This play contains explicit sexual references
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd.
Tickets are €14 (€12 for 9-13members; groups of 10 or more on Tuesday to Thursday).
Some thoughts from the Director:
How to begin explaining why Three Tall Women is so good?
Well, to summarise: Albee’s words are wonderfully written, humorous, emotive and wise. His sense of humour dark and dry. And the simple but clever device that is Act 2 gives the audience a whole new view of the first act.
In 1994 Three Tall Women won Edward Albee his third Pulitzer Prize for Drama, some years after he had been written off as creatively ‘dried up’: it was quite a come-back!
His “characters” are self-absorbed and on the whole unlovable, and several reviewers have written “If you stick around for Act 2 …” They have a point!
Three women, one of them slightly demented, squabbling with each other over unpaid bills, grammar, diction, the day of the week and incontinence. An old lady reminiscing about horses and the unhappiness of her sex life. Where on earth is this play going? It is going towards the inevitable, and on the way it will address many of life’s issues.
If you already know this play you will smile at my reticence to say more, and will I hope be amongst the first to book your seats to see this wonderful piece brought to life by the excellent cast of Lyn Wainwright, Rachel Cuff and Charlotte Owen.
If you don’t know the play, you can of course read a summary on Wikipedia – but I would urge you not to: I hope that your first experience of Three Tall Women will be as breathtaking as mine was, that you will enjoy the questioning and the examining, and that you will leave the theatre reflecting on the life issues Albee raises.
