In collaboration with the Victoria International Arts Festival 2010 and the Gozo Culture Office (Ministry for Gozo), the Gozo Creative Theatre Club will be presenting Ashes to Ashes by Harold Pinter. This short one-act play was first presented by the Royal Court Theatre in London in September of 1996.

Ashes to Ashes is a triumph of power and concision. In the living room of a pleasant house in a university town outside of London, a seemingly casual conversation between a husband and wife reveals a sadistic affair. Devlin, threatened by his wife Rebecca’s recollections of an abusive ex-lover, questions her relentlessly in his need for a single truth. Devlin wants to get to the bottom of his wife’s possible infidelity. Her ex-lover was a violent, powerful man whose emotional hold reaches deep into Rebecca’s psyche. As Devlin struggles to separate illusion from reality, he starts to become like the monster she fell in love with.

The Gozo Creative Theatre Club is an established drama group that is mostly known for its experimental theatre performances. Previous productions include The Vagina Monologues, Cindy – the Musical, In Holland Stands a House, Kickass Plays, Confusions, The Good Doctor, Dear Nobody, The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, the Penis Monologues and Teechers.

Devlin and Rebecca will be portrayed by the established actors George Camilleri and Mariella Cassar. Stage design is by Paul Stellini, lighting will be provided by George Zammit and the artistic direction of this performance is by George Mizzi.

Ashes to Ashes will be staged at the Aula Mgr G Farrugia, St. George’s Basilica, Victoria, Gozo, on Tuesday, the 22nd of June 2010 from 8pm onwards.

Entrance to the play is free. Seating for this performance will be on a first come first served basis.

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