Harold Pinter's The Lover

A polished, high quality piece of theatre, Harold Pinter’s The Lover is a thought provoking, engaging and oft-ignored medium in the mainstream, theatre’s resurgence; key aspects that play to The Basement’s strengths as it plays from February 1st.

A one-act play by Harold Pinter, The Lover leads the audience to believe that the wife is openly conducting an adulterous relationship. It is revealed however that her afternoon lover is in fact her husband, role-playing: he is her lover, she is his whore. But when the game gets out of hand, an erotic battle for dominance begins.

The tension lies in the dichotomy of a respectable bourgeois couple indulging in erotic fantasy and how to reconcile carnal desire with social expectations.

The Lover pushes the boundaries of contemporary theatre, injecting new life and a younger, culturally aware audience into the realm of the medium. A creative and stylistic experience of impeccable taste, reinventing theatre as we know it – The Lover moves the scripted word above and beyond what we expect, and into the realm of sex, fashion and art.

Producer Tara Riddell has brought together a visionary, talented young team of creatives to realise her vision for The Lover, resulting in a piece of theatre that is the epitome of a fresh and impeccable design and vision.

Katie Lockhart’s set design is, in itself, a work of art. Award winning costume designer Kirsty Cameron’s work will compliment with subtle enhancement to the story and characters, as does hair and makeup and design courtesy of top fashion salon Stephen Marr. Lead actor, Craig Hall, and actress, Michelle Langstone, bring a depth and sensitivity to the play.

Both have worked with established director Caroline Bell-Booth (TVNZ, Shortland Street), and truly connect with her direction and vision.

This is an exhilarating, titillating and challenging theatrical experience. The audience will leave questioning the nature of their own sexual desires and fantasies, and whether accessing them would be liberating…or frightening.

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