Counterfeit Skin, London
22 July 2008: Counterfeit Skin
"It may be some time before I see a show like this on Shaftesbury Avenue, which is a pity." MyLondonYourLondon. After its phenomenally successful run at the Courtyard Theatre, Counterfeit Skin is back by popular demand!
After its phenomenally successful three-week run at the Courtyard Theatre Studio at the beginning of this year, Counterfeit Skin by Jason Charles is back by popular demand. A new updated version will be performed in the main house of the Courtyard Theatre in Hoxton, London, with a brand new cast and director. It opens on 22nd July 2008 for a three-week run.
Counterfeit Skin is a darkly comic thriller which questions our understanding of the meaning of love. It is about the conflict between the desires of flesh and the needs of the heart, and what men risk to get what they want out of life.
Contains nudity and scenes of a sexual nature.
Jason Charles is also the author of the play STEAM which sold out the White Bear Theatre in 2006 and the Barons Court Theatre in 2007. "This is a powerful debut, a psychological thriller with moments of high comedy. The sell-out run has already ended but it will surely be revived elsewhere soon. " The Spectator
The play will be directed by Paul Margrave and the new cast will include Gil Sutherland, William Vasey and Jeremy Williams who blew the press away with his performance of Claire in Jean Genet's The Maids last year. "Jeremy Williams gave a compelling performance and captured the audience's attention by effectively portraying the inner conflict of a character unable to follow through with the plan to kill Madame." Edinburgh News
Here a selection of press quotes from Counterfeit Skin's original production:
"The play is so observant that it's not a matter of identifying with one character, but with aspects of all of them. Jason Charles has created characters that are believable and tragic without allowing them to become caricatures. Overall Counterfeit Skin takes a bunch of unhealthy and destructive relationships and throws them under the microscope before picking them to pieces."
Boyz Magazine
"Counterfeit Skin is a great story about love, pleasure, friendship, infidelity, fear of being alone and the need for emotional safety. All these profoundly human feelings are brilliantly brought to the stage here.
With all these elements combined: a great script, excellent actors, good direction and quality production, Counterfeit Skin has all the ingredients of a good play and achieves it! Don't miss it!"
Remote Goat on Counterfeit Skin ***** (5 stars)
"Sparkling dialogue is the trademark of Jason Charles, whose previous play 'Steam' played to sold-out houses and rave reviews. Mini-farces, such as Mach trying to get his lanky frame in view of the computer camera by lying under the desk at work or gyrating wildly to Madonna recordings add to the sound and visual entertainment.
If the first half of the play seems to be a light-hearted comedy, the second part darkens into a psychological thriller as Jake allows full rein to his fantasies. Things escalate to breaking point until the nerve-wracking denouement."
My Cultural Life on Counterfeit Skin **** (4 stars)
"Jason Charles is a skilled writer … what starts out as a light comedy soon takes a dark turn - skeletons come clattering out of closets and before you know it Counterfeit Skin has become a tale of infidelity, rampant masochism and potential violence - certainly not a show for the faint hearted.
With plenty of surprises and shocking twists, Charles successfully mixes comedy with drama … this is a promising show with loads of potential."
Rainbow Network
"Themes of domination and submission within these relationships, the effects of pain and pleasure on the respective protagonists and the shallowness and superficiality of some contemporary gay liaisons is put under the microscope in this entertaining show."
Islington Gazette
"A decent example of that often difficult genre, dark comedy … Jason Charles has done a fine job of making these characters - stuffed up not so much by their parents as their past – sympathetic … It may be some time before I see a show like this on Shaftesbury Avenue, which is a pity.
MyLondonYourLondon
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This event has been added to the OUTeverywhere calendar by Counterfeit Skin from Lewisham in the London area.
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