How could anyone kill their own father? One of the rarest and most shocking crimes known to man is interrogated in this daring new play, with the on-stage participation of convicted patricide Martin Santos. Translated from the original French, an electrifying tale about retribution and justice, love and masculinity.
The Rage of Narcissus is the latest collaboration between Sergio Blanco and Daniel Goldman (Thebes Land) - a fascinating and disturbing journey into the writer's psyche and the depths of obsession.
One morning, as I was writing, I suddenly understood that as a species, through incredible stubbornness, we were able to write love into our genetic makeup, and that this is enough to redeem us all. We were given mouths to bite with, and with deep intelligence and beauty, we learned to kiss each other.Part performance lecture, part auto-fictional memoir, Divine Invention is Sergio Blanco's attempt to say something new about love. To do so, he recalls his own experiences of love, true and invented, and explores the history of love in art, literature, music, and science. The result is a life-affirming new play. Written by acclaimed Franco-Uruguayan playwright Sergio Blanco (Thebes Land, The Rage of Narcissus, When You Pass Over My Tomb) and translated by his long-time collaborator Daniel Goldman, Divine Invention is 'collaboration to savour by two masters of the form' (Lyn Gardner). This edition was published to coincide with the English language world premiere at Edinburgh Fringe Festival's Summerhall in August 2024.
I remember thinking, what difference is there between donating my body to science and donating it to someone who might find pleasure in it when I'm dead. Sergio Blanco and Daniel Goldman collaborate again, after the success of their critically acclaimed Offie award-winning productions of Thebes Land and The Rage of Narcissus, to tell a mesmerising story of love and lust beyond the grave. Desire, friendship and eroticism intertwine in When You Pass Over My Tomb, a dazzling play by Latin America's biggest living playwright that asks, how far would you go for love? And will the world allow it? This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at London's Arcola Theatre in February 2024.