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Peeling
"Peeling" was commissioned by Graeae Theatre Company and premiered at The Door, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, in February 2002. Alpha, Beaty and Coral - three actresses in ridiculous dresses - bicker, chat, heckle and share tales of sex, lies and recipes in absurd isolation as an epic production unfolds around, and inspite of them. Gradually their devastating truths are uncovered, leaving them stripped of all pretence in Kaite O'Reilly's darkly comic play on women, war and the things we hide.
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72 pages, Paperback
First published February 18, 2002
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April 25, 2022
Passionate, funny, political and dramatically creative.
June 1, 2008
Three disabled women serve as chorus to a post-modern production of "The Trojan Women." As they stand in the shadows or wait between scenes, they explore what it means to be a woman, a mother and disabled.
I really liked the junxtaposition of these disabled women and their individual problems against the larger issues of war and women's roles in society. I was a little confused by some of the stage directions - certain media and techniques may be used especially by theatre of/for the physically and sensory impaired. Also the visual contrast of these impaired women clothed in glorious over-sized dresses must be a treat. I would really like to see this in production.
I really liked the junxtaposition of these disabled women and their individual problems against the larger issues of war and women's roles in society. I was a little confused by some of the stage directions - certain media and techniques may be used especially by theatre of/for the physically and sensory impaired. Also the visual contrast of these impaired women clothed in glorious over-sized dresses must be a treat. I would really like to see this in production.
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