Life x 3

Life x 3 Written by Yasmina Reza Translated from French by Christopher Hampton (Trois Versions de la Vie) Presented by SOIR ET THEATRE By Special Arrangement with Dominie Pty Ltd Directed by Katherine Davis Cast: David Bond, Bellinda Dunn, Nicola Roberts, Anthony White For the first production, SOIR ET THEATRE presents Yasmina Reza’s fifth play, Life x 3. In this incisive French comedy of manners, Reza plays with the reactions of four characters, Ines, Hubert, Sonia and Henri. In 3 acts, she serves up three subtly different versions of an unfortunate evening. Under a veneer of decorum, the acid words, tensions and power games expose broken dreams and failure. Cracks in certainty, the shifting dynamics of married life and the elusive nature of power are the main ingredients of this doomed evening. Life x 3 fluctuates between melancholy, hilarity, cruelty, bitterness and metaphysical musings. Yasmina Reza is a French playwright, novelist and actress. From Conversation after a Burial (1987) and The Unexpected Man (2000) to the recent God of Carnage (2006), her plays have been performed worldwide and translated into 35 languages. "Art" (1994), which became an international phenomenon, won the French Molière Award for best author, best play, and best production. It also won prizes in London for best comedy, in Germany for best foreign play, and it won the prestigious Tony Award, in New York, in 1998. “I write a theatre of nerves because we are governed by nerves” Yasmina Reza.