Man to Man

Man to Man description

More than thirty years ago, Tilda Swinton starred in Manfred Karge's brilliantly raw Man to Man, on stage for its acclaimed 1988 premiere at The Royal Court Theatre. Now she returns to the role – and the venue – in a resurrection of this powerful play that bites deep and sticks in the mind for a long time afterwards. Tilda Swinton's film roles include Michael Clayton, for which she won an Academy Award and a BAFTA, The Deep End, A Bigger Splash, Burn After Reading, Three Thousand Years of Longing, The End, and The Room Next Door. On stage, she has wowed critics and audiences with Cloakroom, The Long Way Round, Mozart and Salieri, Die Maßnahme, The Tourist Guide, and White Rose, a creative force to reckon with.

The story starts off in Germany during the 1930s, the turbulent pre-WW2 years, where a desperate woman puts her dead husband's trousers on and never takes them off. As the world changes around her, war erupts, the Nazi dictatorship unfolds, and she is menaced by hunger and humiliation. Will she survive? The same multi-award-winning creative team is also back to help celebrate the theatre's 70th anniversary: we have the director Stephen Unwin (The Conquest of the South Pole) and the designer Bunny Christie (People, Places and Things), with lighting by Ben Ormerod. An event to remember.

Playing at Royal Court Theatre (venue info)