Press Release 311

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!God of Carnage by Yazmina Reza (translated by Christopher Hampton) A very clever comedy !Banbury Cross Players present Yazmina Reza’s God of Carnage, from 5 - 8 March

2014, at The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury.!

Yasmina Reza is an expert analyst of social hypocrisy. Her play (wittily translated by

Christopher Hampton) starts out as a rancidly funny account of two couples tiptoeing

around their mutual dislike but quickly dissolves into a childish evening of name-call-

ing, tears and tantrums.

The castAlain Reille (Philip Fine), Annette Reille (Tara Lacey),

Veronique Vallon (Helena Boughton), Michel Vallon (Rob Hall)

!“Fierce and very funny. Elegant, acerbic“ (The Independent)!

The play was winner of the 2009 Tony Award and won an Olivier Award for Best New

Comedy in London. It became the third longest-running production of the decade on

Broadway with 452 performances and has been adapted as a film, directed by Ro-

man Polanski, in 2011.!

Tickets are available from The Mill Box Office at 01295 279002 or online at

www.themillartscentre.co.uk!

For more press information contact Linda Shaw on 07802 301726 or

mail@banburycrossplayers.co.uk!

!20 February 2014