Parlour Song
19 Mar 2009Size: 198mm x 128mm
12 Jun 2014
Parlour Song
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Greenwich Theatre, London
From Fri 2 May 2025 to Sat 24 May 2025
A blackly hilarious exploration of deceit, paranoia and murderous desire, as the spirit of the Blues lands in leafy suburbia.
Demolition expert Ned lives in a nice new house on a nice new estate on the edge of the English countryside. He loves his job. Barbecues. Car-boot sales. Fitness programmes. Outwardly his life is entirely unremarkable. Not unlike his friend and neighbour Dale.
So why has he not slept a wink in six months? Why is he so terrified of his attractive wife Joy? And why is it every time he leaves on business, something else goes missing from his home?
Jez Butterworth's play Parlour Song was first performed at the Atlantic Theater, New York, in Febraury 2008, before receiving its European premiere at the Almeida Theatre, London, in March 2009.
Parlour Song is also available in the collection Jez Butterworth Plays: One.
'It's a nice area. Young couples. Families. You've not got to drive far to see a cow.'
'Blissfully funny... combines the comic, the erotic and the downright disconcerting with superb panache'
Telegraph'Exactly captures the mundane madness beneath the bland routine of affluence'
Guardian'Wickedly funny'
Financial Times19 Mar 2009Size: 198mm x 128mm
12 Jun 2014
