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Pledges, Vows and Pass This Note archive

A deep look into the promises we make and the promises we break to ask are we born to be alone?

Cast/Performers

Nuria Benet

Creatives/Company

Author: Frank Moorhouse
Director: Jennifer Stewart

Pledges, Vows and Pass This Note

Pledges, Vows and Pass This Note (Play) production archive for QTIX code T1798710179. Details of all Pledges, Vows and Pass This Note archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S597454793

Archive Listings

6 Oct 99
to
24 Oct 99

Etcetera Theatre
Inner London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

Reviews

UK Theatre Web: 10Jun06:
There is no lack of drama in Nuria Benet’s mesmerising performance of Pledges, Vows and Pass This Note, a verse monologue by Frank Moorhouse, about a woman oppressed by men and her memories of them .../... Benet acts out her girlish excitement at being asked out, her repeated break-ups, her violent encounters. Taking on the part of the man too in these exchanges, her tiny body speaks concisely: she is powerful, rough, vulnerable, horny and frightened at will. With only a table and two chairs as set, she creates the world of her life of love and sex. Whether Benet is fucking herself, arguing with herself or tracing the lines of her body - what is left after all these men - her performance has a lustrous energy which draws us into her painful contortions. Alister Lownie

User Reviews

USER (10Jun06): There is no lack of drama in Nuria Benet’s mesmerising performance of Pledges, Vows and Pass This Note, a verse monologue by Frank Moorhouse, about a woman oppressed by men and her memories of them .../... Benet acts out her girlish excitement at being asked out, her repeated break-ups, her violent encounters. Taking on the part of the man too in these exchanges, her tiny body speaks concisely: she is powerful, rough, vulnerable, horny and frightened at will. With only a table and two chairs as set, she creates the world of her life of love and sex. Whether Benet is fucking herself, arguing with herself or tracing the lines of her body - what is left after all these men - her performance has a lustrous energy which draws us into her painful contortions. Alister Lownie

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