Lot and His God. Howard Barker

‘I came to the city. I saw the people were filthy. And those who were not filthy were still filthy…’Sodom. The day before the city’s total annihilation. Among the grimy tables of a run-down café, an angel tells Lot that God wants him to flee, before the city is obliterated. However, Lot’s irresistible wife has other ideas… As the angel and Lot’s wife embark on a dangerous game of seduction, cruelty and desire, we are drawn ever deeper into the dark and impenetrable forest that is the marriage between Lot and the bewitching woman he worships…‘I must learn to keep my mouth shut when there are angels in the room…’