The notorious sisters are back in Greenwich after 35 years
In the secrecy of Madame's boudoir, surrounded by a sweet scent of gladioli and mimosa two sisters viciously plot revenge against their employer.Loosely based on the infamous Papin sisters, who brutally murdered their employer and her daughter, the play is staged as a truly modern tale of the beautiful and the damned. Set within the pop culture and media world of the 21st century, the play challenges the boundaries between love, sexuality and criminal intent. NOMADS OF BAZAR PRESENTS THE MAIDS by Jean Genet, directed by Gael Colin 9th June - 5th July 2009 PRESS NIGHT: Thursday, 11th June @ 8pm Tues-Sat @ 8pm | Sun @ 4pm Tickets: £12; £10 (Concs) box office 020 8858 9256 | boxoffice@galleontheatre.co.ukGREENWICH PLAYHOUSE Greenwich Station Forecourt, 189 Greenwich High Road, London SE10 8JA www.galleontheatre.co.ukdesigned by Roberta Bratovic starring: Emilija Ellen, Irena Grgona & Claire Spence
"...the cast successfully bring home Genet's belief that illusion is the only reality and that reality is a lie, which is in itself an illusion." HomovisionFollowing a successful one week, sold out run at the Etcetera Theatre, Nomads of Bazar are transferring Genet's classic to Greenwich, where "The Maids" last performed in 1974 with Glenda Jackson, Susannah York and Vivien Merchant.A production that will assault all your senses! Fast paced and time pressured as the world we live in; it questions, unsettles and moves. Bittersweet and haunting, it stays with the audience long after the play is finished...
Photograph by: Yasmine Braa. From l-r Emilija Ellen, Claire Spence & Irena Grgona