Cleansed
By Sarah Kane, Directed by Rebecca Frecknall
Event details
Tue 21 Jul – Sat 22 Aug 2026
I love you now.
I’m with you now.
I’ll do my best, moment to moment, not to betray you. Now.
That’s it. No more. Don’t make me lie to you.
Two lovers and two siblings.
How far are they prepared to go to prove their devotion? And will their love survive when subjected to the most extreme violence?
Sarah Kane was one of the most original and controversial voices in British playwriting history. Rebecca Frecknall (A Streetcar Named Desire; Cabaret) directs Kane’s masterpiece which explores the brutality of desire and asks what happens to love when there’s nothing else worth living for?
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Creative Team
Sarah Kane
Writer
Rebecca Frecknall
Director
Rebecca Frecknall
Rebecca is a multi-Olivier Award-winning director, who has directed in the UK and internationally. She is Associate Director at the Almeida Theatre and was previously on the Almeida’s Resident Director scheme supported by the Eranda Rothschild Foundation.
For the Almeida: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Romeo and Juliet; A Streetcar Named Desire (also West End/ BAM, New York, Olivier Award Winner for Best Revival and Olivier Award nomination for Best Director); Nine Lessons and Carols: stories for a long winter; The Duchess of Malfi; Three Sisters; Summer and Smoke (also West End, Olivier Award for Best Revival and Olivier Award nomination for Best Director).
Theatre includes: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (West End/ Broadway, seven Olivier Awards including Best Director and Best Musical Revival, nine Tony Award nominations including Best Revival of a Musical and Critics’ Circle Award for Best Director); Julie (ITA); The House of Bernarda Alba (National Theatre); Sanctuary City (New York Theatre Workshop, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play); Julie (Northern Stage).
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Production Supporters
Cleansed is generously supported by Dianne Roberts.
