Synopses & Reviews
Sharp comedy and a serious purpose are splendidly combined in
Cloud 9, Caryl Churchills provocative and amusing study of sexual politics
It unlocks the imagination, liberates the mind, and leaves you weak with laughter.”
Time OutAudacious and savagely funny. Mesmerizing.” Washington Post
Cloud 9 is about relationships - between women and men, men and men, women and women. It is about sex, work, mothers, Africa, power, children, grandmothers, politics, money, Queen Victoria and Sex. Cloud 9 premiered in London at the Royal Court Theatre in 1979, then was revived for a two-year run in New York City (1981). It has since been staged all over the world.
Caryl Churchill has written for the stage, television and radio. A renowned and prolific playwright, her plays include Cloud Nine, Top Girls, Far Away, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?, Bliss, Love and Information, Mad Forest and A Number. In 2002, she received the Obie Lifetime Achievement Award and 2010, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
Review
FIVE STARS: A feat of impure, alloyed pleasure.” The Sunday Telegraph
"An absolute treat...wholly heavenly" The Daily Telegraph
Sharp comedy and a serious purpose are splendidly combined in CLOUD NINE, Caryl Churchills provocative and amusing study of sexual politics
It unlocks the imagination, liberates the mind, and leaves you weak with laughter” Time Out
There is no other play quite like Cloud 9.” Mel Gussow, New York Times
An innovative comedy: it is consistently engrossing and often emotionally moving.” Leah D Frank, New York Times
"Intelligent, inventive and funny." - New York Times
"I really don't know when I've had more fun. It blends farce, pathos into a work of total theatre." - New York Daily News
Synopsis
Cloud 9 not only marked the theatrical breakthrough of preeminent British playwright Caryl Churchill, but proved a milestone in the portrayal of sexual liberation and feminism. "A playwright of genuine audacity and assurance, able to use her considerable wit and intelligence in ways at once unusual, resonant and dramatically riveting."--Benedict Nightingale
Synopsis
Sharp comedy and a serious purpose are splendidly combined in CLOUD NINE, Caryl Churchills provocative and amusing study of sexual politics
It unlocks the imagination, liberates the mind, and leaves you weak with laughter” Time Out
CLOUD NINE is about relationships - between women and men, men and men, women and women. It is about sex, work, mothers, Africa, power, children, grandmothers, politics, money, Queen Victoria and Sex.
Caryl Churchill has been hailed as a dramatist who must be surely be amongst the best half-dozen now writing
a playwright of genuine audacity and assurance, able to use her considerable wit and intelligence in ways at once unusual, resonant and dramatically riveting” Bernanrd Nightingale
CLOUD NINE was first staged by Joint Stock and premiered in London at the Royal Court Theatre, in 1979, revived the following year and opened a two-year run in New York in 1981. It has since been staged all over the world.
About the Author
Caryl Churchill (1938-) is probably the most respected woman dramatist in the English-speaking world. She is the author of some twenty plays including Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Cloud Nine, Top Girls, Serious Money, The Skriker, Blue Heart, Far Away and A Number, seen and admired all over the world. CARYL CHURCHILL's plays include "Cloud Nine" (revived in 2007 to huge acclaim at the Almeida, London), "Top Girls", "Serious Money", "The Skriker", "Blue Heart", "Far Away" and "A Number". Most are published by NHB.