WEEDS (2005)

The Vilest Deeds like Poison Weeds,
Bloom Well in Poison Air
Oscar Wilde

A relatively minor poet, Housman’s work is simple, but yet, almost quietly chilling. Taking his nostalgic and often pessimistic poems as a starting point and setting it against the contrastingly extravagant exuberance of his era (mainly stimulated by the Edwardian Golden Age and great outrageous individuals like Oscar Wilde) an ideal background for an eerie concoction of black-humour, grotesqueness and wit which surrounds the peculiar characters we meet in the play, was created.

Three eclectic women, of quite different and eccentric temperaments receive an enigmatic invitation by the devious Madame Edda Withers. Enticed by a promised revelation of a secret and an outrageous proposition, this series of mis-matched characters flocks to Madame's abode which is over-seen by the mysterious and eerie Mrs. Staunch, without knowing they are all stepping beyond a pre-set threshold only the shrewd can survive. Looking, through the magnified lenses of 5 people, at the omnipresent themes of life, death and corruption, the play tries to examine the fact that sometimes some things ultimately fail to break the circular evolution of life and the people who inhabit it.

 

Language: English

Writer: Simone Spiteri

Director: Simone Spiteri

Performers: Simone Spiteri, Magdalena van Kuilenburg, Franica Pulis, Annabelle Galea, Kristjana Casha

Musicians: Tim Ellis, Michael Galea, Neville Zammit

Photos by DrooRizz Photography

 

Posted in Franica, Kristjana, Magdalena, Past Performances, Simone, Tim.

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