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The Blind One & The Mad One by Cláudia Barral
Event
The Blind One & The Mad One
22 Nov 2018 – 24 Nov 2018
Event times
Doors open at 19:30
The event starts at 20:00
Cost of entry
Tickets £12 / £9 concessions (no booking fee
Address
- The Rose Lipman Building
- 43 De Beauvoir Rd
- London
England - N1 5SF
- United Kingdom
[Foreign Affairs] theatre company presents The Blind One & The Mad One by award-winning Brazilian playwright Cláudia Barral in a gender-bending adaptation by Almiro Andrade.
About
The Blind One & The Mad One
by Cláudia Barral
translated and adapted by Almiro Andrade
The Blind One and The Mad One brings us the story of two sisters, weakling civil servant Renata and her haranguing older sister Minka, a former artist who has lost her sight. Whilst waiting for a neighbour to visit, they reminisce about their lives and settle old scores. Can their neighbour be heard over their intense argument? Will she ever come? Their fight comes to a head with a sad revelation for both of them where, engulfed in their memories, they must come to terms with their concept of reality, the limits of their sorority and what can actually be seen.
Touching on themes of solitude and mental health, this gender-bending adaptation of Barral’s O Cego e o Louco, by Almiro Andrade brings together [Foreign Affairs] artistic directors Camila França and Trine Garrett as the twisted sisters.
*A Place Called Home*
The Blind One & The Mad One is part of our November public creative laboratory titled A Place Called Home which seeks to interrogate the meaning of home through language, translation and theatre in response to the current political climate, media discourse and public debate surrounding Brexit.
