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Greek and East

Two plays by Steven Berkoff

Greek is a wildly humorous twist on the Oedipus legend and a powerful account of the state of a selfish society. Berkoff recreated the various Sophocles myths and applied them to 1980s London; riots, filth, decay, mobs and bombings. The characters suffer from an emotional plague and inhabit a world under Thatcher’s government, suffering from moral decline. Greek is a love story set in the wasteland of modern society. 

East is shameless, sexy and beautiful. Gang members Les and Mike take the audience on a raucous and viciously funny ride through the East End. In their cockney tongue, a dysfunctional family tell each of their stories to build up a picture of their unconventional lives.

Rehearsals at Leicester's Curve Theatre

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Photo credit: Pamela Raith

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Produced in collaboration with Leicester's Curve Theatre