PAUL SAVIDENT: A Thought In Three Parts, BAC July 2002

Wallace Shawn’s A Thought In Three Parts examines the subject of sexual relationships from three very different perspectives - alone, in a couple and in a group. This frank and startling look at sex was first produced by Joint Stock at the ICA in 1977, directed by Max Stafford Clark. At the time it caused great controversy, a vice squad visit, a debate in the House of Lords, and calls for the funding of the ICA to be withdrawn. Twenty five years after its premiere at the ICA, this startling play is presented in a society supposedly more comfortable with sex.

Although better known as an actor through his work in films such as Manhattan, The Princess Bride and Clueless, Wallace Shawn is on of America’s most unpredictable, and subversive, playwrights. His plays include Our Late Night (1975), My Dinner with Andre (with Andre Gregory, 1981), Aunt Dan and Lemon (1985), The Fever (1990) and The Designated Mourner (1995).

This production of A Thought In Three Parts will be directed by Joseph Hill-Gibbins who was the winner of the James Menzies-Kitchin Memorial Trust Award for Young Theatre Directors 2002.

A Thought In Three Parts takes a look at sex - alone, in a couple and in a group.

"It's strange, there's nothing, there isn't anything I wouldn't, I wouldn't, I wouldn't do for pleasure.

I'd stick a red hot poker up my ass if I thought I would like it."

This play contains sexually explicit material which may not be suitable for under 16s

BAC

Battersea Arts Centre, Old Town Hall, Lavender Hill, London, SW11 5TF

BOX OFFICE NUMBER

020 7223 2223

Performance Dates:

Daily (except Monday) through Sunday 25 August 2002

Performance Times:

Tuesday to Saturday at 8pm

Sunday matinee at 6pm

General prices:

£10.75 (£6.50 concessions)

Tuesday Nights (except 30 July) - Pay what you can

The performance lasts approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes with no interval

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