“I’m
sort of scared,” says Linda Marlowe of her current revival of Berkoff’s Women,
the compendium of monologues by British theatre’s arguably most singular
provocateur, which she brings to the Tron Theatre for three nights this
weekend. Over the course of the show’s hour-long duration, Marlowe embodies
characters from early Berkoff classics including Decadence, Greek, East,
Agamemnon, Sturm Und Drang, plus a newly dramatised short story, From My Point
of View.
Marlowe’s fearless embodiment of Berkoff’s work transforms this into a ferocious set of miniatures, with the text’s rich street-smart poetry flitting between matters of sex and violence as it savours every sweary verbal explosion. Delivered directly to the audience in such an up-close and personal space as the Tron’s Changing Room venue, this makes for an intimate and at moments unsettling experience, with Marlowe, who was a key player in Berkoff’s acting ensemble in the 1970s before joining rad-fem rock theatre troupe The Sadis…
Marlowe’s fearless embodiment of Berkoff’s work transforms this into a ferocious set of miniatures, with the text’s rich street-smart poetry flitting between matters of sex and violence as it savours every sweary verbal explosion. Delivered directly to the audience in such an up-close and personal space as the Tron’s Changing Room venue, this makes for an intimate and at moments unsettling experience, with Marlowe, who was a key player in Berkoff’s acting ensemble in the 1970s before joining rad-fem rock theatre troupe The Sadis…