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The Confessions

Series: Modern Plays
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The Confessions traces the life of Alice from Australia in 1943 to London in 2021, exploring how shifting times shape identity. Spanning eight decades, it delves into Alice's complex relationships and personal growth, offering an intimate portrait of a life lived against the backdrop of changing history. The work, directed by Alexander Zeldin and featuring music by Yannis Philippakis, emerged from extensive interviews and theatrical collaboration across Europe.
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An intimate portrait of a life

Australia 1943 to London 2021, and everything in between.

Alice is learning to be herself against the times. But how do the times shape who we are?

Playing out over a tumultuous eight decades, Alice’s complex relationships become a common thread in her personal journey, in this intimate portrait of a life.

Alexander Zeldin (LOVE, Faith, Hope and Charity) returns to the National Theatre with this international collaboration. Following hours of interviews, he brings a real life to stage, featuring music composed by Yannis Philippakis.

The Confessions premiered in Vienna before touring to Athens, Barcelona, and Paris, as well as a run at the Avignon Festival 2023. This edition was published to coincide with the run at London's National Theatre in October 2023.

Series: Modern Plays

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350456723

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 October 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 116g

Pages: 96

About the Author

Alexander Zeldin is a writer and director for theatre and film. Alexander made work in Russia, South Korea and the Middle East as well as at the Naples Festival, before, between 2011-2014, developing a number of his own works as a teacher at East 15 Acting School. At this time, he also worked as an assistant director to Peter Brook and Marie-Helene Estienne.

His critically acclaimed play, Beyond Caring, which told the story of several temporary workers meeting on a night shift in a meat factory, had its World Premiere at the Yard Theatre in Hackney in 2014, before transferring to the Temporary Theatre at the National Theatre in 2015. In 2015 Alexander was the recipient of the Quercus Trust Award and was appointed as Associate Director at Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Beyond Caring toured the UK and a new US production, re-developed for the US by Alexander and produced by Lookingglass Theater in conjunction with David Schwimmer’s company Dark Harbour Stories, opened in Chicago in April 2017.

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