Mister Brendan Healy | Blasted [2010]
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Blasted [2010]

By Sarah Kane, Buddies in Bad Times

A middle-aged journalist and a young woman hole up in a hotel room. Outside, a war rages on. What begins as a sordid love story takes on a nightmarish dimension as violence between the couple escalates. An armed soldier appears in the room and brings with him the terrifying fragments of a world blown apart by war. Sarah Kane’s landmark play, lambasted by British critics when it was first performed in 1995 as “a disgusting feast of filth” (Daily Mail), is now considered one of the most important plays to emerge out of the English-speaking world in the last twenty years.

  • “A remarkable experience. (…) Brilliantly staged. Healy’s direction is perfect.”

    - Robert Cushman, The National Post

  • 5 out of 5 N's

    “Absolutely riveting. Blasted is a wonder.”

    - Susan Cole, NOW Magazine

  • “Healy has given Blasted a spell-binding treatment. It isn’t just in-yer-face theatre, it’s pin-you-in-chair theatre.”

    - Martin Morrow, The Globe And Mail

CREDITS

Written by Sarah Kane
Directed by Brendan Healy
Starring: David Ferry, Michelle Monteith, Dylan Smith
Set and Costumes: Julie Fox
Lighting: Kim Purtell
Sound Composition: Richard Feren
Produced by Buddies in Bad Times Theatre

Production stills by Omer Yukseker

DORA AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

Outstanding Production – winner
Direction (Brendan Healy) – winner
Set (Julie Fox) – winner
Lighting (Kim Purtell) – winner
Sound and Music Composition (Richard Feren) – winner
Male Performance (David Ferry)
Female Performance (Michelle Monteith)