Missing
From: Thursday, 29th March 2012
To: Saturday, 31 March 2012
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Synopsis
Missing is a journey into the depths of a woman's psyche. As she unearths her forgotten past, the truth changes everything and Lily's pristine life explodes around her. Enter a deliciously warped Gecko world, where memory invades reality and the past becomes the future.
Our Review:
Anne Morley-Priestman - 30 March 2012
How do you define the word “missing”? Something lost, something taken away – whether by consent or by force? Or something which was never there in the first place? Gecko’s latest touring piece shows Lily in search of her soul, which you might also define as her identity. Think conflict, both political and domestic, and those wanderers without proper homes who are simply known as “displaced persons”.
This being Gecko, the five devising performers – Anna Finkel, Georgina Roberts, David Bartholomew, Chris Evans and Ryen Perkins-Gangnes – in Amit Lahav’s creation use some exceptionally well-handled stage trickery and machinery as they tell Lily’s story. The design elements are by Lahav, Rhys Jarman and Chris Swain.
A bunraku-style puppet represents Lily as a child. The story unfolds on moving platforms, in disjointed room settings on two levels, with framing and displaying screens as well as through m...
Creative
Gecko (Company)
New Wolsey Associate Company (Company)
Amit Lahav (Director)
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