Translated by Gabriella Berggren
5 - 30 May 2009 Arcola Theatre
"None of this should ever have happened. Somebody should have given us a different life."
Two ten year olds are brought in for questioning. A third boy has gone missing. The investigator is gentle. The boys begin to talk.
1993. A play about the killing of James Bulger. Stripped to the bone, faithful to the facts. Unflinching.
Monsters looks beyond the media gaze to distil our individual and collective responsibilities in a seemingly incomprehensible tragedy.Niklas Radstrom is one of Sweden’s most accomplished writers, winning prestigious awards for his drama, fiction, film scripts and poetry.
Winner of the inaugural Anglo-Swedish Literary Foundation Award 2008.
"Outrageous and beautiful"
Tomas Forser, The Gothenburg Post, Sweden
"Turning our backs to the smallest injustice is going to be a little harder in the future"
Linda Isaksson, Nummer.se, Sweden
"A powerful and confrontational piece of drama, based on one of our era's most horrifying incidents"
Odsherred Teater, Denmark
Creative Team:
Direction Christopher Haydon
Design Jon Bausor
Video Douglas O’Connell
Lighting Mark Howland
Sound Tom Hackley
Cast Lucy Ellinson, Sandy Grierson, Jeremy Killick, Victoria Pratt
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