Diverse City presents
The Quick

Written by Stephanie Jacob
Directed by Lucy Richardson

26 July-13 August 2011
7.30pm
Tickets: £12 / £10

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Gavin's a musician who has locked up his violin and no longer listens to music. Everything changed in the space of one day.

"You run far enough, there's nothing. Just your legs, your feet, your blood, your heart. If I don't run, I want to break it all up."

Jo runs for miles in her cell. Anger's shaped her whole life. It's driven her and protected her too. She battered Gavin to within an inch of his life. Now Gavin wants to meet up: but what for? Revenge or forgiveness?

"You know where I'd be now if I'd been nice? The graveyard."

And if they agree to hear one another's stories, will it make any difference? Do people ever really change?

The Quick is directed by Lucy Richardson, whose recent work includes "HeartSpeak" (for Clean Break Theatre at the Arcola), "North Circular" (Royal Festival Hall), "Be Yourself" (Tricycle Theatre), "Measure for Measure" (Shakespeare International Theatre Festival, Gdansk) and "The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband" (New Ambassadors).

Special Events

PANEL DISCUSSION
28th July
Performance at 7.00pm will be followed by a discussion chaired by Lord Stevenson, CBE, with a panel of experts and you the audience picking up where the play ends and looking into the issues surrounding restorative justice and the criminal justice system.

CURTAIN RAISER
3rd August - 6.30pm
A group of young adults from Lewisham Youth Theatre and the Playing Up National Theatre project will perform their response to The Quick. (Main performance will follow at 7.30pm.) Tickets for the Curtain Raiser are free but must be reserved via Lewisham Youth Theatre - please telephone 020 8690 3428.

POST SHOW DISCUSSION
11 August

Reviews

Time Out London'critics choice'

' tough, touching and witty new play.....Dialogue is nailed firmly into scenes, fitting wit into the anguish.....
Jacob's story is as snappy as her hair-triggered heroine.’
Patrick Marmion-Read the full article here

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