Love. Loss. Passion!
Collector of Tears
Arts
Centre Washington
Thursday 30th October
2014
Collector of Tears is a passionate and powerful new play from
north-east theatre company Gobscure and comes to Arts Centre Washington on Thursday 30
October as part of its national tour, having opened to great plaudits earlier
this month.
Collector
of Tears is a poetic and epic love story spanning over four hundred years, told
by Tanya Sealt, a young woman who
cannot age until she has cried. Instead,
Sunderland-born Tanya collects tears from the people she encounters during
moments of radical English history, passionately learning to fight for human
rights and understanding both her sensuality and bisexuality, forged across
time. Wherever she goes she carries with
her an amazing collection of glass tear-bottles, through which she reveals each
unique and moving story of the tears' owners. Ultimately this hauntingly
lyrical play is about humanity, intriguingly exploring the universality of
love.
Director Jackie Fielding
says: 'Sean Burn has written a moving
recollection of history brought alive in a truly original way. We are looking
forward to having a wonderful time uncovering the magic of this epic piece, and
then sharing it with our audiences.'
Playwright Sean Burn says:
'I am really proud to have such a strong team working
on collector of tears. This play explores themes close to my heart.’
The
show is directed by acclaimed South Shields-based director Jackie
Fielding. Madeleine MacMahon makes her
North East debut as Tanya Sealt, accompanied by original live music composed
and performed by Ken Patterson. Designer Alison Ashton has teamed up with Effie
Burns who has created the collection of glass tear-bottles for Tanya's story
and lighting is designed by James
Henshaw .
Collector of Tears received a Peggy
Ramsay Foundation Grant in 2012. An
earlier version of was given development time and performances at The Queens
Hall Arts Centre, Hexham in 2009.
On The Web:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/collectortears
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events
Tickets:
Collector of
Tears comes Arts Centre Washington on Thursday 30
October, 7.30pm.
Tickets are
£8.50 / £6 (conc) and are available from www.artscentrewashington.co.uk
or by calling 0191 219 3455.
On Tour:
27 October
- The Place, Bedford
30 October
- Arts Centre Washington
1 November
- Ilkley Playhouse Studio
5 November
- Marlborough Theatre, Brighton
6 November
- Bristol Bierkeller
7 November
- Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton
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