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2017

Grimly Handsome

Written by Julia Jarcho

Play Details

Context

Place Premiered 
Incubator Arts Project, NYC

Artistic Director 
Vicky Featherstone

Dates Performed

Wednesday 6th December 2017
The Site, Royal Court

Play Details

Synopsis

Alesh and Gregor, two mysterious men with a violent past, sell Christmas trees in a city while Natalia, a lonely woman, becomes entangled in their dark world. As the play progresses, identities shift and merge, and the characters find themselves caught in a cycle of desire, violence, and transformation.

Julia Jarcho’s writing style is poetic and unsettling, creating a dreamlike atmosphere that explores themes of identity, gender, love, and the dark undercurrents of human nature. The play’s three-part structure and shifting character names contribute to the sense of disorientation and ambiguity, inviting the audience to question the nature of reality and the boundaries between self and other.

Director(s)

Sam Pritchard

Cast & Creative

Cast

Alex Beckett

Cast

Amaka Okafor

Designer

Chloe Lamford

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