Master showman comes to Stratford

AN eccentric and unpredictable figure in the Bolshevik-led revolution of the Russian Futurist Movement is portrayed in an intense one-man play at the Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre in Stratford this week.
By The Newsroom
Published 13th Jan 2013, 08:00 BST

Mayakovsky: The Slanting Rain, by Salida Productions and the Mercury Theatre, is based on the life of Vladimir Mayakovsky - poet, political artist and playwright who ecame a leading and an opponent of the bureaucracy until his suicide in 1930.

Eccentric, unpredictable and with a keen sense of the ridiculous, Mayakovsky was a master showman, performing in factories and halls across Russia and commanding audiences of thousands in an epoch of wars and revolutions.

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In this production, performer Ed Hughes aims to capture his intense energy and passionate polemic, while shedding new light on one of the most influential figures in Soviet political and literary circles.

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Mayakovsky: The Slanting Rain, which is on at the Ferguson Room from Tuesday to Saturday, runs alongside Michael Boyd’s RSC production of Boris Godunov, a new adaptation based on the play by Alexander Pushkin, which will be showing at the Swan Theatre until the end of March.

Tickets to Mayakovsky: The Slanting Rain cost £10, £8 for RSC members and £5 for 16 to 25-year-olds. To book, call 0844 800 1110 or go online.

www.rsc.org.uk