“The future is disorder”
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
Newcastle People’s Theatre
Tuesday 12 – Saturday 16 March 2019
In
Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia past and present are comically blurred in an English
country house as the life of the Croom family in 1809 is juxtaposed with two
present-day researchers working in the library of Sidley Park.
The
pert observations of Thomasina, a teenage Regency maths prodigy, are pitched
against the subdued passion of the 21st-century academics. Meanwhile, death
lurks outside amidst the shrubberies beyond the French window.
Arcadia
is a play of discovery that explores the nature of truth and time. The modern-day
characters are bent on discovering what happened in the same place in the
nineteenth century, while the nineteenth century characters work to discover
the truth about what is going on around them.
The difference
between the Classical and the Romantic temperament is explored, along with the
disruptive influence of sex on our orbits in life - a force which neither
Newton nor Einstein could explain.
A
smash hit since its debut at the National Theatre in 1993, Arcadia is a funny
and moving drama for the head and the heart, and is frequently cited as one of
the great plays of the 20th century.
Arcadia
is the first main stage production of the theatre’s Spring/Summer Season. Other
highlights include Oscar Wilde’s comedy The Importance Of Being Earnest, Frankenstein
and an adaptation of Catherine Cookson’s local classic The Gambling Man.
Photos: Paula Smart
Tickets: £14 (Concessions £11.50)
Box Office: 0191 265 5020 - www.peoplestheatre.co.uk
Box Office: 0191 265 5020 - www.peoplestheatre.co.uk
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