Speechless
From: Thursday, 5th August 2010
To: Sunday, 29 August 2010
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Synopsis
The story of identical twins June and Jennifer Gibbons. Refusing to speak to adults, the twins communicate in their own private language, their only relationship being an intense and turbulent bond with each other. Speechless is a powerful portrayal of the twins secret world and their struggle to find a voice against all odds.
Our Review:
Michael Coveney - 6 August 2010
The astonishing story of “the silent twins” was told in a book by Marjorie Wallace, and this overwhelming new play by Linda Brogan and Polly Teale (who also directs) distils the dramatic essence.
June and Jennifer Gibbons, identical twin daughters of a respectable West Indian couple, turn a deaf ear to an alienating, racist environment at home and at school, and communicate only with each other.
They embark on a course of crime and destruction while also acting out the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in their bedroom, with Barbie dolls, and going completely berserk while their mother watches the wedding of Charles and Di on television.
The catalyst for their outbreak in sex and drugs is a spoilt rich American kid, played chillingly and extrovertly by a fit-looking Alex Waldmann.
Natasha Gordon and Demi Oyediran are superb as the twins, sullen and frightening, and there’s a fantastically messy scene change that sets up...
Creative
Linda Brogan (Author)
Polly Teale (Based on The Silent Twins by Marjorie Wallace) (Author)
Shared Experience (Producer)
Sherman Cymru (Producer)
Polly Teale (Director)
Naomi Dawson (Design)
Liz Ranken (movement) (Director)
Peter Salem (Sound)
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