Playwright Caryl Churchill returns to BAM for the first time in 15 years with this by-turns hilarious and unsettling daydream directed by frequent collaborator James Macdonald. Context is everything, so get closer to the production through our series of curated links, videos, and articles. After you've attended the show, let us know what you thought by posting in the comments below and on social media using #EscapedAlone.
Program Notes
Caryl Churchill—Beyond Boundaries (BAM blog)
Illustrator Nathan Gelgud explores Churchill's expansive career and body of work.
Review
Escaped Alone review – small talk and everyday terror from Caryl Churchill (The Guardian)
Article
Caryl Churchill—Beyond Boundaries (BAM blog)
Illustrator Nathan Gelgud explores Churchill's expansive career and body of work.
Review
Escaped Alone review – small talk and everyday terror from Caryl Churchill (The Guardian)
A review of last year’s original Royal Court production, highlighting the bravura performances by actors Linda Bassett, Deborah Findlay, Kika Markham, and June Watson.
Article
James Macdonald on Caryl Churchill's'Escaped Alone': 'I'm drawn to plays I don't know how to do' (The Independent)
While Churchill never grants interviews, director James Macdonald does, even if, as he puts it, “I don't have anything I need to express about myself. My job is to enable other people to express themselves.”
Article
Article
Caryl Churchill's Prophetic Drama (The New Yorker)
Guardian writer Andrew Dickson pens this 2015 piece that focuses on Churchill’s work, her life as a political dissident, and her consistently revelatory blending of the two.
Article
Theatricality and Empowerment in the Plays of Caryl Churchill (PDF)
A 1989 academic paper by Amelia Howe Kritzer on Churchill’s uniquely feminist-socialist theatricality.
Article
Theatricality and Empowerment in the Plays of Caryl Churchill (PDF)
A 1989 academic paper by Amelia Howe Kritzer on Churchill’s uniquely feminist-socialist theatricality.
Now your turn...
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