Spare
New Diorama Theatre, 2010
Shortlisted for Best Director Award at the OffWestEnd.Com Theatre Awards (Offies)
“Spare was thought provoking, raw and yet very real.”
Sarah Kelly, National Association for People Abused in Childhood
“The high calibre of performance combined with excellent production values and a novel idea makes Spare a piece of outstanding theatre, and it is not to be missed and in fact I want to go back more than once.”
Fringe Review
“Innovative look at people’s actions... The acting is superb and without exception each performer makes their character for the night their own... A refreshingly different play”
Ham&High
“A brave and daring new approach to theatre, it's fortunate that Rex's skill as a director equals (their) ambition as a writer… Spare treads over exciting territory. Subject and style are exactly matched”
Total Theatre
“The writing has clarity and style without being patronising and the staging is bold and inventive without being superficial… Sebastian Rex is an interesting and coherent writer of original theatrical pieces”
Paul Vale critic for The Stage
Sarah Kelly, National Association for People Abused in Childhood
“The high calibre of performance combined with excellent production values and a novel idea makes Spare a piece of outstanding theatre, and it is not to be missed and in fact I want to go back more than once.”
Fringe Review
“Innovative look at people’s actions... The acting is superb and without exception each performer makes their character for the night their own... A refreshingly different play”
Ham&High
“A brave and daring new approach to theatre, it's fortunate that Rex's skill as a director equals (their) ambition as a writer… Spare treads over exciting territory. Subject and style are exactly matched”
Total Theatre
“The writing has clarity and style without being patronising and the staging is bold and inventive without being superficial… Sebastian Rex is an interesting and coherent writer of original theatrical pieces”
Paul Vale critic for The Stage
80 minutes A queer, provocative and absurd comedy looking at abuse and how it affects us in all areas of life. 12-year-old QWERTY spends all day searching through the newspaper for someone to meet… until stumbling upon SAM; VOORTY has just been attacked by SAM and is desperate to analyse it; PRANTY is very special, and SAM knows it. Trying to make sense of the trauma that happened, is happening or is about to happen, the three seek support from authority figures: PARENT, FRIEND, POLICE and DOCTOR – but each has their own agenda, and every exchange requires power assertion. The play is written in gender-neutral language and encourages a gender/age/race-blind approach to casting. Cast Cornelia Baumann Laura Corbett Christian Devellerez Ido Gonen Sarah Hall Avita Jay Bethen Thorpe Billie Vee Guy Warren-Thomas Creative Team Writer\Director - Sebastian Rex Designer - Kasper Svenstrup Hansen Lighting Designer - Claire Childs Original Music - Theo Holloway Assistant Director - Joanne Boniface Design Assistant - Katie Bellman Prop Making Assistant - Emma Flavel Stage Managers - Adam Smith, Katina Saouli and Ina Berggren Graphic Design - Ma3t Photographer for flyer - Thomas Edwards Produced by - Acting Like Mad Photography - Tina Engström |