"Sharp comedy and a serious purpose are splendidly combined in Cloud 9, Caryl Churchill's provocative and amusing study of sexual politics It unlocks the imagination, liberates the mind, and leaves you weak with laughter.' -Time Out
"Audacious and savagely funny. Mesmerizing.' -Washington Post
Cloud 9 is about relationships - between women and men, men and men, women and women. It is about sex, work, mothers, Africa, power, children, grandmothers, politics, money, Queen Victoria and Sex. Cloud 9 premiered in London at the Royal Court Theatre in 1979, then was revived for a two-year run in New York City (1981). It has since been staged all over the world.
Caryl Churchill has written for the stage, television and radio. A renowned and prolific playwright, her plays include Cloud Nine, Top Girls, Far Away, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?, Bliss, Love and Information, Mad Forest and A Number. In 2002, she received the Obie Lifetime Achievement Award and 2010, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
Industry Reviews
FIVE STARS: "A feat of impure, alloyed pleasure." - The Sunday Telegraph "An absolute treat...wholly heavenly" - The Daily Telegraph
"Sharp comedy and a serious purpose are splendidly combined in CLOUD NINE, Caryl Churchill's provocative and amusing study of sexual politics... It unlocks the imagination, liberates the mind, and leaves you weak with laughter" - Time Out
"There is no other play quite like Cloud 9." - Mel Gussow, New York Times
"An innovative comedy: it is consistently engrossing and often emotionally moving." - Leah D Frank, New York Times
"Intelligent, inventive and funny." - New York Times
"I really don't know when I've had more fun. It blends farce, pathos into a work of total theatre." - New York Daily News FIVE STARS: -A feat of impure, alloyed pleasure.- - The Sunday Telegraph
-An absolute treat...wholly heavenly- - The Daily Telegraph
-Sharp comedy and a serious purpose are splendidly combined in CLOUD NINE, Caryl Churchill's provocative and amusing study of sexual politics... It unlocks the imagination, liberates the mind, and leaves you weak with laughter- - Time Out
-There is no other play quite like Cloud 9.- - Mel Gussow, New York Times
-An innovative comedy: it is consistently engrossing and often emotionally moving.- - Leah D Frank, New York Times
-Intelligent, inventive and funny.- - New York Times
-I really don't know when I've had more fun. It blends farce, pathos into a work of total theatre.- - New York Daily News FIVE STARS: A feat of impure, alloyed pleasure. "The Sunday Telegraph"
"An absolute treat...wholly heavenly" "The Daily Telegraph"
Sharp comedy and a serious purpose are splendidly combined in "CLOUD NINE," Caryl Churchill s provocative and amusing study of sexual politics It unlocks the imagination, liberates the mind, and leaves you weak with laughter "Time Out"
There is no other play quite like "Cloud 9." Mel Gussow, "New York Times"
An innovative comedy: it is consistently engrossing and often emotionally moving. Leah D Frank, "New York Times"
"Intelligent, inventive and funny." - "New York Times"
"I really don't know when I've had more fun. It blends farce, pathos into a work of total theatre." - "New York Daily News"
" FIVE STARS: "A feat of impure, alloyed pleasure." - "The Sunday Telegraph"
"An absolute treat...wholly heavenly" - "The Daily Telegraph"
"Sharp comedy and a serious purpose are splendidly combined in "CLOUD NINE," Caryl Churchill's provocative and amusing study of sexual politics... It unlocks the imagination, liberates the mind, and leaves you weak with laughter" - "Time Out"
"There is no other play quite like "Cloud 9."" - Mel Gussow, "New York Times"
"An innovative comedy: it is consistently engrossing and often emotionally moving." - Leah D Frank, "New York Times"
"Intelligent, inventive and funny." - "New York Times"
"I really don't know when I've had more fun. It blends farce, pathos into a work of total theatre." - "New York Daily News"
