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Oscar Wilde's classic tale of sex and power was adapted for a distinctly modern stage and Herod's court was transformed into an S&M club. It was met with universal critical acclaim and following a sell-out two week run at the Lion and Unicorn in London, it transferred to Pentameters where it went on to break their forty year box-office record.
"Amid themes of lust, desire, religion and S&M, the script stays true to Wilde’s controversial focus on sexual passion while bringing his 19th-century drama sharply up to date...a daring and adventurous production, for which the cast and company are to be commended" CAMDEN NEW JOURNAL "Second Skin...currently wowing audiences with his unbridled and exuberant spin on this mythical tale. This is an ensemble who watch and wait with precision focus, never missing a beat....Above all of this stands Patrick Doherty as Herod. A tour de force performance that to describe him as comical, tragic, desperate and worthy of our deepest sympathy is to go nowhere close...Highly recommended." MYVILLAGE.COM "Wilde surely would have approved of this daring production of his most poetic and scandalous play. The beauty of Wilde's words shine through the eroticism like the jewels in Herod's secret chamber. The jewel speech is perfectly and movingly delivered by Patrick W Doherty who is an impressive Herod. He is well matched by the very beautiful Nika Khitrova as Salome, an imperious sex kitten who shows her obsession for the prophet Jokanaan (Corin Rhys Jones) with a kind of ice cold passion." ALINE WAITS (THE HAM & HIGH) writing for REMOTEGOAT “ Nika Khitrova in her final monologue as she descends into despair was also beautifully paced and finally showed the actress as more then just a token sexy young character dressed in leather” REMOTEGOAT
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Director - Andy McQuade Writer - Oscar Wilde
CAST Nika Khitrova - Salome Patrick W Doherty - Herod - Caroline Colomei - Herodius Corin Rhys Jones - Jokannan Tansy Adair - The Page to Herodius Esther Bunting/Claira Watson Parr -The Young Syrian Rebekah Watson - The Nubian Simon Boughey - The Guard -the Nazarene
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