The play is a two-act comedy for a cast of five - three women and two men – with strong visual elements in scenes depicting levitation, alchemy and mesmerism. It is, in effect, a deconstruction of Strindberg’s ‘Miss Julie’.

To be directed by Toby Harris.  Performance dates Tuesday 11th - Saturday 15th May 2010.

Background

Mark Jenkins is one of Wales leading writers of theatre and film. Playing Burton, his best known stage-work, is the most successful new Welsh play of the last twenty five years with over a thousand performances in numerous productions since its London premiere in 1992.

Strindberg Knew My Father was first performed at the Old Red Lion Theatre, Islington in 1992 as part of the London New Play Festival, transferring to the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. It went on to win Best Play of the 1990s at the New Play Festival and was published in Best of the Fest, a collection of new plays celebrating ten years of the London New Play Festival (1998).