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BEYOND PORN AT THE RIVERSIDE

XXX is considered the most sexually explicit show to be staged in a mainstream theatre in the UK.

This free adaptation of Sade's work is about the sexual initiation of a teenager. It features naked actors and sexual scenes that appear to be real thanks to the use of video projections and other special effects. But they are not just current sexual scenes: XXX includes rape, incest, SM, close-up images of genitals, sex with animals, mutilation and violence.

The Catalan group has toured XXX in Spain, Portugal, France and Italy and opens the show at the Riverside Studios this week.

Sex is present almost all the time during the 100 minutes of the show. This is because, according to La Fura Dels Bals producers, it is impossible to adapt Sade's work without explicit sex. And the audience can also share their sexual fantasies as they are invited to go on stage. The shiniest ones can just send TXT messages to be project on a giant screen.

The Metropolitan Police's Clubs and Vice Squad had viewed a video of XXX submitted by the Riverside Studios and have given clearance for the British premiere. According the Police, there is no evidence of evidence of any criminal offence. But officers will attend early performance of the show making sure the play is not breaking the law.

Riverside Studios will ban under 18s from admission.

XXX
Tuesday 22nd April to Saturday 17th May at 7.45pm
Saturday matinees at 3pm
Tickets: £25 (£15 concessions)
Riverside Studios
Crisp Road
London, W6 9RL
Box Office: 020 8237 1111

Riverside Web site

La Fura Dels Baus Web site

XXX Web site


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   The Metropolitan Police's Clubs and Vice Squad had viewed a video of XXX submitted by the Riverside Studios and have given clearance for the British premiere. According the Police, there is no evidence of any criminal offence. But officers will attend early performance of the show making sure the play is not breaking the law.

Based on Marquis de Sade's "Philosophy of the Bedroom", XXX is at the edge of the erotic and the pornographic or, as advertised, it is "beyond porn". The play is a production of the controversial Catalan theatre company La Fura dels Baus and it is sponsored by Private, an erotic-porn publication.