Julie: After Strindberg

Description

Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party. In the kitchen, Jean and Kristina clean up as the celebration heaves above them. Crossing the threshold, Julie initiates a power game with Jean. It descends into a savage fight for survival. Polly Stenham reimagines August Strindberg's Miss Julie in contemporary London. Julie premiered at the National Theatre, London, in May 2018.

Polly Stenham's plays include That Face (Royal Court and the Duke of York's), for which she was awarded the 2008 Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright, the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright 2007 and TMA Best New Play 2007. Also at the Royal Court: Tusk Tusk and No Quarter. Hotel premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2014.

"Provocative and profound."--The Stage "The physical sense of a life accelerating out of control is both exhilarating and horrifying, like being forced to watch somebody else's nightmare, or seeing a rollercoaster accelerating faster and faster until the inevitable occurs."--Time Out