Stockholm

May 11 to June 3, 2012

Tarragon Extra Space
30 Bridgman Avenue

Seventh Stage Theatre Productions in association with Nightwood Theatre presents the North American Premiere

by Bryony Lavery

Directed by Kelly Straughan

Choreographed by Susie Burpee

Starring Melissa-Jane Shaw and Jonathon Young

Todd and Kali are the perfect self-styled couple: They’re beautiful, have a fabulous sex life and live in a designer home. But under the surface is a distrust and desire so potent that even a much-anticipated holiday to Stockholm is threatened. Probing into the psychology of Stockholm Syndrome, Lavery transports us into a lovers’ dance that is at once destructive and euphoric. Stockholm leaves us questioning the fine lines between love and lust, aggressor and victim.

“Lavery’s needle-sharp script toys with the audience like a horror movie…that is a terrifyingly erotic and haunting 70 minutes.”
-Guardian, UK

“Thrilling exploration of form, Stockholm is provocative and unsettling, leaving you with questions buzzing in your head.”
-Sunday Telegraph, UK