Original Sin opens at The Haymarket, Basingstoke, in October
A battle of wits and will, in which the ultimate weapon is desire.
At a convent in Venice, in the year 1609, the sharp-witted abbess faces what every abbess dreads – an inspection by the Inquisition. To make things worse, she learns that there is something very real to hide – a young man within the convent walls. Does she betray him, which means he faces certain execution, or conceal him, exposing herself and her sisters to a charge of complicity? Summoning all her powers of intellect and allure, she tries to distract the Inquisitor in a perilous game of cat and mouse in which the stakes could not be higher.
In the manner of A Man For All Seasons, this powerful and intelligent new play puts a battle of wits at the forefront of a conflict over power and submission. Threaded through by the music of Monteverdi, this is a richly rewarding drama.
Original Sin, an Anvil Arts production, opens at The Haymarket, in Basingstoke on Friday, 16 October. For information on dates, times, prices and how to book tickets, please access The Haymarket’s website.
