A Profoundly Affectionate, Passionate Devotion to Someone will be showing at the Royal Court Theatre from Tuesday 28th February until Saturday 1st April. Watch the trailer here…
Fences is probably the most successful play of August Wilson‘s celebrated “Pittsburgh Cycle“. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1983, premiering on Broadway in 1987 with James Earl Jones as Troy Maxson. Wilson completed a screenplay before his death with Paramount holding the rights but Wilson insisted on an African-American director so the project was shelved for a number of years. Denzel Washington, who had directed two films before, was glad to oblige and is now bringing Fences to the big screen.
Dance is one of my favourite things to watch. Having been a dancer and now a dance teacher, I fully appreciate the art form and how powerful it can be. I had no idea what to expect from this show and I am in absolute awe the entire time. It is such a surprise to be watching a dance work focusing around same sex relationships. The piece follows the lives of three couples; a lesbian couple, a heterosexual partnership and the love triangle of three men.
Photo courtesy of 201 Dance Company.
In a Q&A session at the Curzon Mayfair in December 2016, Fences star and director Denzel Washington announces that he will bring August Wilson‘s entire “Pittsburgh Cycle” to the screen. Also known as the “Century Cycle”, this series of ten plays charts the African-American experience throughout the twentieth century.
