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Knots - 2005
***** Michael Seaver, Irish Times
| DIRECTOR | Liam Steel |
|---|---|
| SET & COSTUME DESIGNER | Ferdia Murphy |
| LIGHTING DESIGNER | Ian Scott |
| SOUND DESIGNER | Alexis Nealon |
| HAIR & MAKEUP | Val Sherlock |
| ORIGINAL CAST | Muirne Bloomer, David Bolger, Robert Jackson, Eddie Kay, Emma O'Kane, Diane O'Keeffe |
| PRODUCTION MANAGER | Rob Furey |
|---|---|
| STAGE MANAGER | Fearga O'Doherty |
| CHIEF LX | Aidan Wallace |
| SOUND ENGINEER | Alexis Nealon |
| PREMIERE DATE | 21 September 2005 |
| PREMIERE VENUE | Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin (Dublin Fringe Festival) |
| NO. OF PERFORMANCES DUBLIN | 9 |
| TOURING PERFORMANCES | 38 Civic Theatre, Tallaght Ardhowen, Enniskillen Town Hall Theatre, Galway Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire An Grianán Theatre, Letterkenny Backstage Theatre, Longford Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray Cork Opera House, Cork Kleines Haus, Staadttheater Freiburg Aurora Nova, Edinburgh Tron Theatre, Glasgow Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, Venice |
- SYNOPSIS
- We spend our lives looking for the perfect partner with whom we can 'Tie the Knot', and when we think we've found them, we spend the rest of our lives examining the frayed ends.
- Using brutal and high-octane choreography and the insightful writings of psychoanalyst R.D. Laing, Knots takes us through a series of passionate physical and verbal confrontations as it tries to unravel the twists and turns of life with someone else.
- The production was inspired by R.D. Laing's book 'Knots'. In this book he uses his experience in psychotherapy and couples' therapy to examine the ways in which our minds interfere with our personal relationships. The dynamic twists, turns and convolutions in our relationships are played out in dialogue scenarios. It was these scenarios that the director and cast used as their starting point to create a piece which fuses text and movement.