Denial
From: Tuesday, 15th May 2012
To: Saturday, 9 June 2012
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Synopsis
Somewhere in the metropolis, a family is torn apart by events that happened 20 years ago. Or maybe they never happened at all? When Michael and Karen's younger daughter pays a visit to a therapist, she opens the door on a secret history, on stark images of a childhood with the innocence stripped out. Or has she? A taut psychological drama.
Our Review:
21 May 2012
This London premiere of Denial forms part of an 80th birthday season of Arnold Wesker's work at The King's Head Theatre. The play centres on Jenny, a 30-something woman whose life has crumbled after her career and marriage break down. In her pursuit of someone who can provide her with answers Jenny meets Valerie, a Welsh therapist who specialises in Memory Recovery Therapy.
As a result of two years of therapy Jenny manages to recover memories of child abuse. With the support of her therapist she goes on to accuse her father of rape, as well as accusing her mother and grandfather as being complicit in the abuse that persisted throughout her childhood. Quickly, however, one is forced to ask the question: is Jenny unlocking real memories of her past or is her therapist planting memories that Jenny is then encouraged to retrieve under hypnosis?
The problem of human suggestibility as well as the fragility of family relationships...
Creative
Arnold Wesker (Author)
King's Head Theatre (Producer)
Adam Spreadbury-Maher (Director)
takis (Design)
Richard Williamson (Lighting)
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