Never Land, Phyllis Nagy's Love Story from Rogue Machine Theatre
Theatre/Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Rated 2.7 by 15 members who went.
Phyllis Nagy's award-winning play is a visionary love story set in a remote, rain-swept village in the South of France. Never Land's exploration of love, loss, cultural dispossession and the abiding power of the human imagination moves from scabrous wit to heart-breaking tenderness as it charts the course of three fateful days in the lives of a singular French family that yearns to be English.
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Densely written, edgy and strangely moving. A needed tonic to the usual L.A. theater fare. Required viewing for anyone who takes theater seriously. We are blessed for a short time.
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This is a very challenging play. Not your typical LA theater fare. A friend recommended it to me, and I had read some of the playwrights other work. Neverland is funny, poetic, difficult and ultimately tragic. The actors do a good job and it's beautifully designed. I really loved the actress who played the daughter, and the two English visitors.
If you like challenging theatre that is not a sitcom, check this out, but be prepared. It's long, and I can't say I knew what was going on all the time, but I can't stop thinking about it.
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perhaps the most beautiful production I've seen in Los Angeles in a long time but not for the faint hearted - full frontal female and male nudity and graphic language - this is the kind of play that takes you to very unexpected places as long as you let it - it's an intellectual and emotional roller coaster that I'm still thinking about - I'll be going again - brutal, yes, but also gentle - truly poetic in word and action - I laughed hard and I was deeply moved.
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Quotes & Highlights
- “…a concert of fine ensemble cast” --Culture Spot LA
- “Worth visiting… savor the occasions of loopy behavior right out of Lewis Carroll” --Variety
- “The comedy is lyrical, urbane and erotically charged.” --LA Weekly GO
- “Intriguing…bold and thought-provoking… well-served by the ever-adventurous Rogue Machine” --Backstage
- “Remarkable play…excellent cast.” --Curtain Up
- “Fascinating….wins the award for the most challenging theatre I've seen thus far in Los Angeles.” --LA Theatre Review
- “Nagy’s sense of language is rich…outstanding cast. Impressive.” --Valley Scene/Coast to Coast
- “Marvelous actors…polished ensemble." --Santa Monica Daily Press
- “A strong cast, beautiful costumes and a brilliant set.” --Campus Circle
- “A fascinating surrealist portrait. The cast is excellent. Nagy’s play breaks new ground.” --EyeSpyLA.com
More Information
Website: http://www.roguemachinetheatre.com/cs_neverland.html
Never Land was first produced at London’s Royal Court Theatre, where Phyllis Nagy was writer-in-residence during Stephen Daldry’s tenure as artistic director. The play has been translated into more than 20 languages, and has been produced throughout Europe—most recently in Finland. Rogue Machine presents the play’s American premiere.
Phyllis Nagy (Writer/Director) a dual citizen of the US and the UK, and lived in London for 15 years prior to returning to the US several years ago to direct her first feature film, Mrs. Harris, which starred Annette Bening and Ben Kingsley. The film, which premiered as a gala presentation at the Toronto Film Festival, aired on HBO, and was nominated for multiple Emmy and Golden Globe awards, including nods for Nagy as writer and director. She won a PEN USA award for her script, and Prism, WIN, and Gracie Allen awards for her direction.
Nagy’s plays have been performed widely throughout the world and include WELDON RISING, DISAPPEARED, and THE STRIP, first produced by the Royal Court Theatre; BUTTERFLY KISS, first produced by the Almeida Theatre Company; the SCARLETT LETTER, an adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic novel, first produced by the Denver Centre Theatre; TRIP’S CINCH, first produced by the Actors Theatre of Louisville; and THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, adapted from the novel by Patricia Highsmith and first produced at the Palace Theatre, Watford. She has also translated Claudine Galea’s LES IDIOTS into English for the Royal Court Theatre and has provided a new version of Chekhov’s THE SEAGULL for the Chichester Festival Theatre.
She is currently under commission to write new plays for the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre. Her current feature film projects in development as writer/director include an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s CAROL, and TUMBLE UP—an original screenplay set largely in and around Hollywood Park Racetrack and Casino—for Film 4 in the UK.
