Last Eyes Blinded
Posted on June 22, 2008
“God loses faith in mankind, she destroys everything. And the people scream at her indifference, and the animals scream with them.”
The weight of sin proving too much for a negflectful God, Earth has been abandoned and destroyed in a firey Apocalypse. Five individuals, however, have survived the catastrophe and now gather to question why they are still alive. Miracle, driven mad by her fear, attempts to rule the others through barbarity and horror, while her brother Beaujolais desperately tries to restrain her and inspire love in the others. The tired and despairing Bridget steadfastly attempts to protect herself from Miracle’s wrath and care for her senile, dying husband Anguish, while the young bride Bella mourns the loss of her happiness and finds peace in a kind of wisdom ahead of her years. As they struggle together, a final figure arrives, hiding from the misdeeds of his past, a demonic monster now at peace, and somehow familiar to Anguish’s dying mind.
“Last Eyes Blinded” is the sequel to “Paperwork,” produced last year by No Answer to great acclaim.
4th, 5th and 6th September 2008 – 7:30pm
Salberg Studio, Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets £7 (£5 concessions) – Available from salisburyplayhouse.com or from Salisbury Playhouse Box Office (01722 320333)
Paperwork
Posted on June 28, 2007
“One day everything we do will seem inconsequential”
The demonic figure of Mundane, “the Professor” is bound in by an unending cycle that he cannot break. Every week, every second, he writes and works towards an unknown goal, a goal that he will not know he has reached unless told by his mute manservant Also, similarly bound into this monotonous cycle, endlessly reading over Mundane’s work, unable to ever tell his master when it is complete. Neglected and alone, the only relief from this tireless routine is the Professor’s Friday evenings, when his few remaining friends come to join him, sharing in his company and the darker secrets of his existence. But on this night, the arrival of Glamour, “the She,” an outsider unfamiliar with their world, prompts them all to reconsider the morals of what they do, and what they see, every day of their lives. This is to be the night that changes the weekly cycle forever.
7th September 2007 – 7:30pm &
8th September 2007 – 2:30pm and 7:30pm
Salberg Studio, Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets: £7 (£5 concessions) – Available at salisburyplayhouse.com or from their Box Office (01722 320333)