Details

A patient is admitted in disturbing circumstances. Disheveled and unable to tell her tale the world is quick to create a history for her. The arrival triggers a doctors memory of a forgotten love affair, forcing examination of repressed secrets. His colleague, searching for what is lost, finds something else in the process of looking. They follow a fragile line between diagnosis and delirium. Unable to find the return fare or get off at the last stop. Stories come together in a macabre, comedic and fantastical world. The world of case notes, treatments and institutions. Two stories run side by side, one of stealing away in the night, one of mistaken identity both linked by a love story told through sedation, x-rays and audience analysis. Trains shriek through the night, elegant foxtrots float through incarcerating walls, patients yearn to go mad and Doctors dream of escape. Utilising a mix of new writing, puppetry, object animation and physical theatre, original stories are created in a fascinating and intelligent way.

Cast/Performers

Darren East, Zoe Hunter, Gilbert Taylor

Creatives/Company

Company: Unpacked
Director: Clare Dunn
Lighting: Henry Dawn

No Obvious Trauma

No Obvious Trauma (Play) production archive for QTIX code T02032908363. Details of all No Obvious Trauma archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S0140274474

Archive Listings

10 Oct 07	Unity Theatre Liverpool, Merseyside Performance Details => Venue archive
6 Oct 07	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford, Surrey Performance Details => Venue archive
8 Sep 06 to 24 Sep 06	Warehouse Theatre Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive
24 May 06 to 25 May 06	Nightingale Theatre Brighton, East Sussex Performance Details => Venue archive
11 May 06 to 12 May 06	Camden People's Theatre Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive

Reviews

UK Theatre Web: 12May06:
This oustanding new production by unpacked contains all the elements of a good night out. The puppetry is mesmerising and leaves one feeling moved and elated. The three performers join together through well directed action that is both impressive and terrifying! Set in a 1930's asylum the story tells of a young woman suffering from an unreleased trauma who gets mixed up in an unprofessional love affair. Mistaken identity and romance come together to create a piece of original theatre that is superbly executed and thoroughly moving. Yes, puppetry is the new rock and roll.

User Reviews

USER (12May06): This oustanding new production by unpacked contains all the elements of a good night out. The puppetry is mesmerising and leaves one feeling moved and elated. The three performers join together through well directed action that is both impressive and terrifying! Set in a 1930's asylum the story tells of a young woman suffering from an unreleased trauma who gets mixed up in an unprofessional love affair. Mistaken identity and romance come together to create a piece of original theatre that is superbly executed and thoroughly moving. Yes, puppetry is the new rock and roll.

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