Manchester Lines
From: Tuesday, 12th June 2012
To: Saturday, 7 July 2012
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Synopsis
In a lost property room in central Manchester, en route to somewhere, eight people explore their own personal journeys. Manchester Lines tells stories, reveals fragments of lifelines. It asks: is there an instant when your life changes forever? How consciously do we choose the path our lives take? Do we choose at all? What happens to all the lives we do not live? Welcome to the Lost Property Office of the Soul.
Our Review:
15 June 2012
It is hard to describe Manchester Lines without making the play sound like an extended metaphor. This would be unjust as the lyrical script by Jackie Kay and the swaggeringly original presentation by Wils Wilson overcome any pretensions. Besides, this is not so much a play it is more of a celebration.
Shanti (Amelia Donkor) is shocked to find that her mother Jessie (Anne Kidd) who is sliding into dementia had another child, Pauline (Clare Brown) who was adopted. Jessie’s grandchild Louis (Marcquelle Ward) has the chance to progress as a photographer if he can find his lost camera.
Meanwhile Suicidal Anna (Bettrys Jones) is haunted by the death of her twin and Omar (Tachia Newall) defines himself by the only gift he ever received from his feckless father. The lives of the characters intersect in a lost property office run by philosopher Eugene (John Branwell) whose marvellous northern tones set out t...
Creative
Jackie Kay (Author)
Library Theatre Company ()
Ask Property Developments ()
Wils Wilson (Director)
Errollyn Wallen (Music)
Dominic Harlan (Musical Director)
Amanda Stoodley (Design)
Peter Rice (Sound)
Anna Barrett (Lighting)
Joshua Azouz (assistant) (Director)
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