Je Suis Dead
From: Monday, 19th April 2010
To: Monday, 19 April 2010
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Synopsis
Three strangers' lives collide after a train accident. As daily life crumbles around them, strange ancestral figures start breaking through the cracks. Stories tangle into an increasingly confused knot, while three ordinary people desperately cling to what they believed was reality. A twisted puzzle with strong visual imagery, powerful emotions, and bizarre humour.
Our Review:
20 April 2010
It is not often that the affect of post traumatic shock is to bring your ancestors back to life to describe their own crises.
Yet this is the theme of Je Suis Dead, presented by Fool’s Proof Theatre in collaboration with Gey Pin Ang and, subsequently with Linda Kerr Scot. It was recently a success in San Francisco and is currently touring the UK.
The play opens with a big bang, the sound of a huge train crash, created realistically by Barry Han.
It is this event that brings three surviving passengers together as they face a world that will never be the same again. James, a hard headed businessman, loses his confidence; Helen, an introvert, suddenly becomes more outgoing although she has an obsession with fire extinguishers, and Emily sees for the first time, the hard side of life.
Each is confronted by an ancestor who miraculously appears to reveal family secrets and each pla...
Creative
Fools Proof Theatre Company (Company)
Gey Pin Ang (Director)
Berry Han (Music)
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