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The Overwhelming

BY ANGELA KELLY
29/ 9/2006

RWANDA and its 1994 civil war is the setting for The Overwhelming which comes to Manchester's Library Theatre next week.

One of the country's most admired producers of contemporary theatre, Out of Joint, returns to the city with this critically acclaimed thriller and box-office hit.

It was written by American writer JT Rogers and tells the story of idealistic academic Jack Exley (Matthew Marsh) who uproots his family from Illinois to Kigali, Rwanda's capital, to write a book about healthcare in Africa.

Suddenly, his seemingly innocent trip descends into crisis when the doctor he plans to interview vanishes, prompting a dangerous journey into a country knee-deep in suspicion and brutality.

Preparing for the production, which includes Andrew Garfield (above) in the cast, Rogers and Max Stafford-Clark travelled to Rwanda, and this thought-provoking drama is the result.

It runs from Tuesday, October 3 to Saturday, October 7. Ticket details from the box-office on 0161 236 7110 or visit www.librarytheatre.com

The play's author, JT Rogers, will lead an after-show discussion next Friday (October 6) and there will also be an after-show discussion with the cast on the opening night, Tuesday.

ANGELA KELLY


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