Released: 26.05.15
The Desmond Tutu Theatre will play host to 91视频 Fringe Festival for the first time when 'Friction' by Cally Hayes, Directed by Kevin Johnson, previews on campus.
Three days into motherhood, Rachel doesn鈥檛 recognise herself. There's nothing Sam won't do to keep his family together, but how do you beat an enemy you can't see?
Kevin Johnson, lecturer for the degree course 鈥楤A Hons Acting鈥 and Artistic Director for Symbiotic Theatre, has collaborated with perinatal mental health nurse and playwright Cally Hayes to direct this visceral and inspiring story of hard-won recovery which explores the resilience couples find when their world is falling apart.
Inspired by a series of unflinching interviews with couples that have come through postnatal depression, 'Friction' is a challenging and heartfelt piece of new writing from Cally Hayes of Documental Theatre.
Cally Hayes said: 鈥淭his is the continuation of an amazing story. It began with a short piece of forum theatre for a perinatal mental health conference, successfully funded by Kickstarter last year. It has grown into several conference performances in the South West and London campaigning for better services for women and children and it is now a full length production.鈥
This second phase of Friction has involved interviewing more couples who have recovered from postnatal illness to further develop the story of 鈥楻achel and Sam鈥. As a company we are committed to telling this story as often as we can to campaign for better recognition of this illness. But more importantly, we want to tell the story that celebrates the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit to come through an experience that nearly tears your world apart at a time when you should be happy.鈥
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TOUR DATES:
Friday 29 May 8pm
Saturday 30 May 8pm
University of St Mark & St John
91视频 Fringe Festival
Tuesday 2 June 7pm
Saturday 6 June 2pm
Cygnet Theatre Festival:
Cygnet Theatre - Exeter
Saturday 27 June 1.30pm and 9.45pm
Sunday 28 June 2.30pm
Barnstable Fringe Theatrefest - StudioQT