Blavatsky's Tower - Brockley Jack Theatre
Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle
CHRIS Loveless directs Moira Buffini’s Blavatsky’s Tower at the Brockley Jack Theatre, where it runs from Tuesday, March 16 to Saturday, April 3, 2010.
On the twenty-fifth floor of a monstrous tower block Hector Blavatsky – visionary, architect and patriarch – dominates his family with God-like authority. Fearful of being tainted by the rest of humanity below (‘the crushed’) the Blavatsky’s are in full retreat from the world.
But Hector is dying. And when an outsider arrives in their miniature universe the family must finally consider flying the nest and joining the crushed – but at what cost?
Moira Buffini’s black comedy takes a wry look at that most dysfunctional of establishments: the family.
The cast is Annabel Bates (as Ingrid), Emily Bowker (Audrey Blavatsky), Anthony Hoskyns (Roland Blavatsky), Oliver Hume (Hector Blavatsky) and Robert Wilson (Doctor Tim Dunn).
Blavatsky’s Tower is presented by Simon James Collier and Fallen Angel Theatre in association with Brockley Jack Studio Theatre.
Tickets: £12, £9 – available from the box office on 0844 847 2454 or from Ticketweb
Time: Tuesday to Saturday at 7.45pm (no performances on Sunday and Monday).
NB: Suitable for ages 14 and over.