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Desolate Heaven

Theatre503, Inner London
From: Tuesday, 5th February 2013
To: Saturday, 2 March 2013

Our Review: starstarstarstar

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Synopsis

Desolate Heaven tells the story of two young teenage girls whose lives caring for their parents are transformed when they meet each other and embark on an ill-fated trip of self-discovery. Part road-trip/part fantasy this is an unusual love story told in a highly theatrical and thrilling way.

Our Review: starstarstarstar

12 February 2013

Irish playwright Ailís Ní Ríain won the Tom Erhardt Peggy Ramsay Award for Desolate Heaven, and Theatre503 hosts its world premiere. Directed by Paul Robinson, the story explores the burdens of two young girls, who run away to explore not only the world, but themselves.

Even though the two girls, played by Carla Langley and Evelyn Lockley, seem to be polar opposites, there are similarities that they soon discover in their journey. Both girls carry the weight of taking care of their immobile parents and never have the chance to live the way they want to. And yet, they both carry the weight of the need to be important to someone. While Orlaith (Langley) has already been disappointed, trying to “be one of the guys” and being taken advantage of, Sive (Lockley) wants to be important too and cared for by Orlaith. They join together in this need for freedom, and begin to explore their own feelings and their sexuality with one anothe...

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Ailis Ni Riain (Author)
Theatre 503 (Producer)
Paul Robinson (Director)
James Perkins (Design)
Lee Curren (Lighting)
Simon Slater (Sound)


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