Katrina
A site-specific testimony play about the New Orleans hurricane, produced in association with the Young Vic, September 2009. Sell-out run.
Review extracts:
"As riveting an example of site-specific theatre as I've seen"
The Times (Benedict Nightingale) also Critic's Choice
"Jonathan Holmes's uplifting, moving, promenade piece should blow you away. It protests, educates, asks for empathy and does this outstandingly well, exposing the failure of the US government to cope with the crisis"
The Observer (Kate Kellaway)
"The stories build up a staggering picture of official lies and personal
heroism"
The Guardian (Michael Billington)
"Painful, pungent and bleakly comic"
The Independent
"[The production] has a heart-stopping directness"
Daily Telegraph
"The performances are excellent; powerful but dignified. And it is with them that this ambitious work reaches its heights. The environment is impressive, but in the end it is the words themselves that make the biggest impact"
Financial Times
"The play is a great tribute to the 2000 people who were left by the
authorities to die in the floodwaters. It is an amazing, shocking and
soulful piece of theatre with a cast to match"
Southwark News
"Do not miss this! With an amazingly evocative set spread over 5 storeys of an old warehouse, following around the actors, who give verbatim accounts of Hurricane Katrina survivors; this is a thatrical experience that will leave you astonished that such a disaster could happen in the First World. A very strong cast and the music, constant soundtrack and use of TV reports all add to the atmosphere and help to fully immerse you in the experience. Book before it sells out and you kick yourself for missing it!
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