Post by Elizabeth on Mar 27, 2009 20:56:52 GMT
The Clean House
Role: Mathilde
Toured: 2008
Director: John Dove
Company: Royal & Derngate
Synopsis: Lane has got everything. A successful surgeon for a husband and her own busy career as a doctor - all she wants is a clean house. Unfortunately, Matilde, her young cleaner from Brazil, hates to clean, preferring instead to dream up the perfect joke. As Lane muses over what to do, the lives of four women and one man collide in her painfully clean living room. Patricia Hodge (Rumpole of The Bailey, Jemima Shore Investigates) stars in this poignant, award-winning comedy that examines the beauty of life and the fact that things aren’t always as perfect as they seem.
Reviews:
"This is theatre at its best. The set is deceptively simple - and lends itself to some gloriously surreal moments. Music and lighting are just right - and there's even a piece of choreographed surgery. But above all it's the actors that make us believe in their world, and that in turn make us reflect on our own lives. So who in the end does the most important job - the Doctor, the Surgeon, the Cleaner or the Comedian? This wonderful show makes you realise that everyone is important."- BBC Northamptonshire
Role: Mathilde
Toured: 2008
Director: John Dove
Company: Royal & Derngate
Synopsis: Lane has got everything. A successful surgeon for a husband and her own busy career as a doctor - all she wants is a clean house. Unfortunately, Matilde, her young cleaner from Brazil, hates to clean, preferring instead to dream up the perfect joke. As Lane muses over what to do, the lives of four women and one man collide in her painfully clean living room. Patricia Hodge (Rumpole of The Bailey, Jemima Shore Investigates) stars in this poignant, award-winning comedy that examines the beauty of life and the fact that things aren’t always as perfect as they seem.
Reviews:
"This is theatre at its best. The set is deceptively simple - and lends itself to some gloriously surreal moments. Music and lighting are just right - and there's even a piece of choreographed surgery. But above all it's the actors that make us believe in their world, and that in turn make us reflect on our own lives. So who in the end does the most important job - the Doctor, the Surgeon, the Cleaner or the Comedian? This wonderful show makes you realise that everyone is important."- BBC Northamptonshire
