Into this old-as-time debate – and fresh from his recent haul of Critics’ Circle and Olivier Awards for his modern-day re-imagining of Oedipus – steps writer-director Robert Icke, as he turns his attention to the grisly events of July 2010, when killer Raoul Moat sparked the biggest manhunt in British history.
For even as Moat documented his rampage in detail on Facebook, an alarmingly considerable online community of admirers was springing up. After the recent impactful Netflix drama Adolescence, we might call Manhunt another terrifying update from the frontline of toxic masculinity.
Domestic violence swirls unsettlingly as Moat’s relationship with girlfriend Sam (Sally Messham) disintegrates (Photo: Manuel Harlan)
From there, Icke’s fluidly stripped-back production uses a cast of eight to represent various characters and eras in Moat’s chaotic life, starting with a troubled childhood with a bipolar mother and homing in on his two months inside for assaulting one of his children, a claim he vehemently denies. Domestic violence swirls unsettlingly as his relationship with girlfriend Sam (Sally Messham) disintegrates. Moat is unwavering in his assertion that Northumbria Police have “got it in for me”.
square THEATRE
West End theatre prices are out of control
Read MoreThe most moving section is the most unlikely sounding: a conversation between Paul Gascoigne (Trevor Fox) and Moat as during that infamous July week. In reality, an intoxicated Gazza turned up and offered himself as an ad hoc negotiator; the police refused to let him anywhere near the scene.
A contemplative silence settled upon the auditorium after the first-night curtain call, since Icke has given us a very great deal to contemplate.
To May 3 (020 7565 5000, royalcourttheatre.com)
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( Raoul Moat play Manhunt is so unsettling, the audience fell silent )
Also on site :
- ‘Like the world has forgotten us:’ As Iran-Israel conflict escalates, Gazans fear their suffering will become invisible
- Uno de los médicos acusados de suministrar ketamina a Matthew Perry acepta declararse culpable, según muestra el documento
- This Common Over-the-Counter Medication May Harm Brain Health, Doctors Say—Do You Take It?