By Tony Kushner
Presented in collaboration with Q Theatre
Righto. So Part One finished with a doozy of a cliffhanger.
Something called God created humankind to stir things up a bit, then went AWOL. An angel has come crashing through a ceiling and told Prior that it’s up to him to save the world. Wrapped up in the kind of Jewish guilt that would make even Woody Allen skedaddle, Louis is continuing his own form of moral masochism. Harper is touring the Antarctic, courtesy of Valium Airlines. And everyone else? They’re developing an addiction for being alive. They all want more life. As Tony Kushner himself puts it, the world only spins forward.
Angels in America is Shane’s parting shot of humour, beauty, pain and love. It’s an epic celebration, pitched from a horizon of hopefulness. We dare you not to be uplifted. In this, his wings are fully extended.
Performance
Mia Blake
Alison Bruce
Stephen Lovatt
Matt Minto
Dan Musgrove
Chelsie Preston Crayford
Jarod Rawiri
Gareth Reeves
Production
Shane Bosher
Rachael Walker
Elizabeth Whiting
Sean Lynch
