Critics Love The Pinter Festival at ACT Theatre!
"Sublime...the most perfect piece of theater you will ever see!"
-- City Arts Magazine
"Staged with utmost lucidity by John Langs and acted with depth, unsparing humor and precision by a terrific Seattle cast."
-- The Seattle Times
"Just an ensemble of some of Seattle’s most gifted actors brilliantly savoring the meaty dialogue of Harold Pinter."
--Broadway World
"I highly recommend these plays and cannot imagine a more talented or engaging cast. Don’t miss the rare chance to experience this special event."
-- Good Life Northwest
Why Pinter?
29 plays. 24 screenplays. 7 major honors. 1 Nobel Prize. Poet. Essayist. Activist. Cricket player/manager/fanatic. One of the greatest playwrights of all time.
On Pinter, "I'm happier when I'm being challenged, gripped, seduced, menaced, slapped around -- a little -- and made to laugh by the humor of the gallows as well as the drawing room. I want to be forced to confront or at least recognize the bizarre forces at work in our interior lives that, I think, keep us furtive, frightened, self-destructive, and all to often openly hostile to our environment and to our fellow beings, human, or otherwise." -- Frank Corrado, producer/actor
See Pinter, Earn Rewards!
Pick up your Pinter Pocket Guide at the ACT TIcket office, the table in the Union lobby, or as you're entering any Pinter Festival event. Along with being a convenient guide to the Festival, your Pocket Guide also acts as a punch card to earn you FREE gifts. Stop by the table in the Union Lobby (at ACT Theatre) after attending a Festival event to get your Pocket Guide punched. Each punch brings you closer to prizes and other pinterphernalia!
Sample Schedules:
July 20 - August 26, 2012
In the Falls Theatre and Other Spaces
A pinnacle experience from ACT's acclaimed Pinter Fortnightly series, The Pinter Festival will take over ACT for more than a month, with plays, readings, films, discussions, and other celebrations of the influential and outspoken British writer. Anchoring the Festival are the full productions of four Pinter plays, including The Dumb Waiter and Celebration (both plays will be performed back to back, separated by an intermission) as well as No Man's Land and Old Times.
Other highlights include:
- Three FREE film screenings
- Two programs (over five evenings) exploring Pinter's Sketches
- One Pinter Party, a Cabaret performance featuring Henry Woolf
To program your personal Pinter Festival, browse the events below and select the combination that best fits your interests and schedule. Some sample schedules are listed on the right side of this page or you can view the full Festival schedule by clicking here. If you are interested in group discounts or personal assistance with your order, please call (206) 292-7676 or email service@acttheatre.org.
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August 15 - August 25
Kate and Deeley live quietly by the sea. Until old friend Anna materializes out of the past, changing things forever.
In the Falls Theatre
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August 17 - August 26
A profound (and slightly drunken) meditation on life, death and what might have been.
In the Falls Theatre
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July 20 - August 26
Two great comedies, The Dumb Waiter and Celebration will be performed back to back, separated by an intermission. Hilarious and riotously funny one act plays.
In the Falls Theatre
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August 17 - August 23
Pinter's sketches are mini-masterpieces that simultaneously mine rich veins of humor and pathos, populated by some of the playwright's quirkiest characters. Join us for these fun, casual evenings featuring the entire Festival company.
In the Bullitt Cabaret
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August 21 - August 24
Pinter's sketches are mini-masterpieces that simultaneously mine rich veins of humor and pathos, populated by some of the playwright's quirkiest characters. Join us for these fun, casual evenings featuring the entire Festival company.
In the Bullitt Cabaret
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August 15
A cabaret performance featuring Harold Pinter’s childhood friend Henry Woolf.
In the Bullitt Cabaret
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August 12 - August 13
Actors, here is a rare opportunity to learn from Master Teacher, renowned actor, and celebrated director, Henry Woolf. A longtime friend and collaborator of 2005 Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter, Henry Woolf will lead a valuable and engaging three hour master class to help actors find the joy in Pinter's (sometimes daunting) text.
In the Bullitt Cabaret
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July 21 - August 4
A selection of films showcasing the other aspects of Pinter’s work. Kick back and watch the cinematic side of Pinter.
In the Bullitt Cabaret
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