The Inconvenience of Wings
Seiten
2017
Oberon Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78682-267-3 (ISBN)
Oberon Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78682-267-3 (ISBN)
For anyone who has suffered mental illness themselves, or has lived with someone who is afflicted, this piece will cut close to the bone. Triple Fringe First winner Andrew Buckland stars in Lara Foot's powerful and poignant drama about friendship, dysfunction, addiction and angels.
Set in a landscape of memory and dreams, The Inconvenience of Wings tackles the issues of friendship, dysfunction, addiction and angels. Sara (Steyn) has been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder; she is compulsive, alive and hates women who know how to make cupcakes. Andrew (Buckland), her husband, is on a mission to find a cure for her afflictions and Professor James (Shabangu) quietly tries to save Andrew from the inconvenience of his wings
This dynamic new drama was inspired by author Abraham J Twerski`s book Addictive Thinking that examines the notion of compulsion, addiction, denial and abuse of self as well as conversations on bipolar disorder that she had with celebrated psychiatrist Dr Sean Baumann. It was further stirred by her father who has suffered from dementia for more than a decade.
Set in a landscape of memory and dreams, The Inconvenience of Wings tackles the issues of friendship, dysfunction, addiction and angels. Sara (Steyn) has been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder; she is compulsive, alive and hates women who know how to make cupcakes. Andrew (Buckland), her husband, is on a mission to find a cure for her afflictions and Professor James (Shabangu) quietly tries to save Andrew from the inconvenience of his wings
This dynamic new drama was inspired by author Abraham J Twerski`s book Addictive Thinking that examines the notion of compulsion, addiction, denial and abuse of self as well as conversations on bipolar disorder that she had with celebrated psychiatrist Dr Sean Baumann. It was further stirred by her father who has suffered from dementia for more than a decade.
Lara is the CEO and artistic director of the Baxter Theatre Centre and a former Rolex protégé to Sir Peter Hall in the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. As well as numerous contemporary classics, she has directed 25 premieres of new South African works, including her own adaptation of Zakes Mda's novel, Ways of Dying, and her own creation Tshepang (Gate - also published by Oberon), a devastating portrayal of child abuse in South Africa.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.08.2017 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78682-267-9 / 1786822679 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78682-267-3 / 9781786822673 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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