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The Confessions
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.
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.
129 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 6, 2023
About the author
Alexander Zeldin
9 books1 followerAlexander Zeldin is a writer and director for theatre. He trained on the Jerwood Young Directors course at The Old Vic and has taken part in residencies at the Egyptian Centre for Culture and Art and at Studio Emad Eddin in Cairo. His critically-acclaimed play, Beyond Caring, which examined the effects of zero hours contracts had its World Premiere at The Yard Theatre in Hackney in 2014, before transferring to the Temporary Theatre at the National Theatre in London in 2015. In 2015, Alex was the recipient of The Quercus Trust Award and was appointed as Associate Director at The Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Beyond Caring toured the UK in 2016 and his play LOVE opened at the National Theatre.
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December 31, 2024
"I always felt my lot was to be on the sidelines of life".
"Some people have luck in life, some note. I have been happy but I can't say I've been lucky".
"You can't just get what you want because you well you can't get what you want // You just don't get what you want. See, you don't get what you want".
"The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it".
La tercera escena del segundo acto es las de las cosas más importantes que he leído este año. Qué emocionante es la memoria, qué hermoso es poder bucear en los recuerdos de nuestros padres. Espectacular.
"Some people have luck in life, some note. I have been happy but I can't say I've been lucky".
"You can't just get what you want because you well you can't get what you want // You just don't get what you want. See, you don't get what you want".
"The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it".
La tercera escena del segundo acto es las de las cosas más importantes que he leído este año. Qué emocionante es la memoria, qué hermoso es poder bucear en los recuerdos de nuestros padres. Espectacular.
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