The Lesson

Audrey Guo and Verse Unbound are uniting to present Eugene Ionesco's absurd story about a young, vibrant lady and her increasingly perverse lessons with an erudite old professor and his trustworthy maid.

Re-imagined as a timeless metaphor for today's political environment, especially the one in China, exploring relationship between the Power and the Powerless, This Lesson gives an eccentric and thrilling experience filled with dark sense of humour, the ending is something for you to guess.

The Lesson is directed, designed and produced by 4 female theatre practitioners from China, all of whom have lived, studied and worked extensively under both the Eastern Socialism and the Western Capitalism. Using the work of Eugène Ionesco, they apply their perspectives and experiences from both ideologies to this absurd story, and using their field of theatre expertise, they wish to explore the stage potential of expressing the essence of politics in one classroom.

Verse Unbound is a London-based art management company that produces theatre with an absurd element. Xinyi Shen is the founder and managing director of Verse Unbound, who is dedicated to bringing quality productions and theatrical projects to artists, academic institutions and art companies from both UK and Chinese theatre industries.

http://www.aldwychsemicircle.com (Past Productions)
www.verseunbound.com (Current International Project)