10 JUNE — 2 JULY
Cleansed
By Sarah Kane
Directed By Dino Dimitriadis
"Savagely beautiful" – TIMEOUT, Cleansed
Somewhere, someplace. Six abandoned souls try to save themselves through love. But an ominous observer puts their declarations to the ultimate test.
Director, Dino Dimitriadis (Angels in America, Metamorphoses, Doubt), and their team, will set the Old Fitz alight with Sarah Kane's iconic masterpiece. Uncompromising and visionary, a rarely-staged and savage portrait of the human heart.
“The secret behind director Dino Dimitriadis' production: we are close enough to the work to see our own reflection. It could crack you open…"
- TIMEOUT, Angels in America
Content Note: Please be advised this production contains simulations of sexual intimacy, extreme sexual & physical violence, drug consumption and suicide themes. Patrons with sensory sensitivities are additionally advised of haze.
Image credit: Robert Catto
Creative team
Presented by Maximillian Brown & Red Line Productions
Writer - Sarah Kane
Director - Dino Dimitriadis (they/them)
Producer - Daniel Cottier (they/he)
Intimacy Specialist - Bayley Turner (she/her)
Movement - Fetu Taku (she/they)
Set Designer - Jeremy Allen (he/him)
Co-Lighting Designers - Benjamin Brockman (he/they) & Morgan Moroney (he/him)
Sound Designer - Benjamin Pierpoint (he/him)
Costume Designer - Connor Milton (they/them)
Stage Manager - Mellita Vertigan (she/her)
Assistant Director - M.J Latham (she/her)
Photography - Robert Catto (he/him)
Performers
Danny Ball (he/him), Stephen Madsen (he/him), Tommy Misa (they/them) Jack Richardson (he/him), Charles Purcell (he/him), Fetu Taku (she/they), Mây Trần (they/them)
Dates + Ticketing
Preview: 10 June 2022
Season: 11 June - 2 July 2022
Session Times:
Tue-Sat 7.30pm
Sat 2pm
Sun 5pm
Approximate run time 100 mins no interval
Content Note: Please be advised this production contains simulations of sexual intimacy, extreme sexual & physical violence, drug consumption, torture and suicide themes. Patrons with sensory sensitivities are additionally advised of haze.
If you have any questions about content, age-appropriateness or stage effects that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please email here for more information
Image credit: Robert Catto
Image credit: Robert Catto
Image credit: Robert Catto
Image credit: Robert Catto
Image credit: Robert Catto
Select Reviews
“Splendid cast…uncompromising”
— Suzy Goes See ★★★★★
“A superlative cast…an achievement and a correction”
— The Saturday Paper
“More of this time than any since it was written”
—Stagenoise ★★★★
From Cat, Con & Alex: The Old Fitz Theatre Artistic Directors
“Next up, Sarah Kane’s brilliant and uncompromising Cleansed is brought to life through a radical and moving interpretation by director Dino Dimitriadis. Dino and their team pushed the parameters of our humble theatre to the extreme with their epic staging of Angels in America in 2019 and we cannot wait to see what they have in store next with this iconic work and their electric ensemble of performers.”