York Theatre Royal, in association with Pilot Theatre will present The Fever Chart playing from 29 October to 14 November 2009.
Written by Naomi Wallace
Directed by Katie Posner and Marcus Romer
Designed by Catherine Chapman
The Fever Chart tells three distinct but thematically related stories which explore the possibility of humanity in the most inhumane conditions. In settings which range from a Zoo in Rafah, Palestine to a hospital in Tel Aviv to a yard in Iraq, the play draws us into a world of war, of high emotion and gestures of feeling with poetic storytelling of the most engaging nature.
The writer explores political tensions by grounding them in the human issues of love, life and death moving us from the specific to the universal.
Internationally acclaimed American playwright Naomi Wallace is best known for her deeply political plays, including One Flea Spare and The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek, and is the recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship.
"The theatrical event of my week. It brings home the meaning of war, makes it personal, refuses to let it slip into unreality.a taut, beautifully written elegy and it reaches out to us now like a prophecy.” The Observer
“.reminds us why we need theatre at a time like this, what the playwright can achieve that the journalist cannot.”The Guardian
The production will be accompanied by a range of activities including workshops, talks and further readings for both students and the general public and is particularly suitable for A level and GCSE drama and creative diploma students. -- www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk
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