Prurience questions our understanding of the effects of porn to ask whether we’re in the grip of a real addiction or a moral panic?
Prurience premiered at the Southbank Centre, London and transferred to the Guggenheim Gallery, New York (their first theatrical commission).
London Press
The Times “… a disorientating, provocative experience…. Theatrically the piece is audacious, springing a series of head-spinning surprises. This is the kind of art that leaves its mark on you. Unnerving, and uncomfortably compelling”
What’s On Stage Green creates “..a deeply unsettling experience; one that gets right to the core of contemporary life”
The Guardian “…tests the limits of theatre…. Very funny and genuinely discomforting…at its fiendish, exhilarating best it makes you question not just attitudes to porn but how we experience reality”
The Stage “Green’s show is a clever and discomforting exploration of consumption – compulsive and conscious – in late stage capitalism….An astute immersive show about porn addiction that plays with levels of reality and audience unease..”
Time Out (London) “Provocative.. confrontational..(Green) is to be admired for tackling this painfully taboo subject”
Time Out (Manchester) “Christopher Green is a tremendous talent. ..He manages to do a lot more than simply make us laugh, which he does with ease. He makes us think.”
Spy In The Stalls “Prurience will leave you guessing and thinking long after you’ve left the theatre”
New York Press
New York Times “Dead serious and very funny”
New York Times “Prurience is at once an immersive mingling of theater and reality, a satire of 12-step culture, an exploration of group dynamics and an investigation into whether sex addiction is an addiction at all or just a marketing construct and a convenient way for men accused of sexual assault to hide out for a while.”
Interludes “Christopher Green’s Prurience is immersive theater at its XXX (pun intended)….it’s one of those supremely heady and intoxicating – but oh so elusive – pull-the-rug-from-beneath-you moments in the art that I find terribly, seductively addictive.”
Lavender After Dark “If the object of theater is to provoke and to challenge as well as to entertain, Prurience succeeds with flying colors. While it is at times hilariously funny, there are very serious themes explored within”
Lavender After Dark “Up until I saw this play, the most challenging show I had ever seen ever seen was Tennessee Williams’ oft-debated The Two Character Play…..With Prurience, Christopher Green has now toppled Tennessee Williams…”
No Proscenium “Utterly compelling”
Berkshire Fine Arts “The event lingers. You find yourself wondering about it days later”
