Pinter Five Tickets

By: Harold Pinter
Director: Patrick Marber
Cast list: Rupert Graves, Jane Horrocks, Emma Naomi, Nicholas Woodesen, Luke Thallon

The fifth offering from the Pinter at the Pinter season is a triple bill showcasing the playwright’s mastery over enticingly enigmatic dialogue. The trio of plays are directed by Patrick Marber, an old friend and collaborator of Pinter himself.

In Pinter’s first play “The Room,” a wife cooks a meal for her husband in the damp basement space they’re renting, constantly moving and chatting while he sits in silence. With anxiety already mounting, the tension only builds further with the introduction of a series of visitors, ultimately ending in a violent confrontation between time and memory.

The latter two plays “Family Voices” and “Victoria Station” are filled with darkly comic Pinter vibes. “Family Voices” reveals the complicated relationship between a mother and son grieving their late husband/father through a series of letters, eventually descending into the absurd. And the final play, “Victoria Station,” is a brief but perfect encapsulation of Pinter’s notorious style, “comedy of menace.”

Performed in honour of the 10th anniversary of the esteemed playwright’s death, Pinter at the Pinter is an unprecedented year-long series produced by the Jamie Lloyd Company.