Details

In 1984 the great French novelist Marguerite Duras wrote the story of her own youth in Vietnam, a personal truth told in passionate, vivid fragments. These incandescent glimpses of remembrance became one of the most acclaimed and widely read books of modern French literature. Now three of Scotland's major performing arts companies are collaborating in theatre and dance to bring her story to the stage; taking us back to 1929 when a fifteen year old girl crossing the Mekong Delta first catches the attention of an older Chinese man and accepts a ride in his chauffeured limousine. She has no idea how this chance meeting will change her life forever. 50 years on, looking back on their illicit affair which flared and died, she finds the intensity of her first love still burning bright in her memory. It illuminates a past fraught with the confusions of the lovers' ruthless desire, her own dysfunctional family and the divisive colonial culture which pulled them all apart. Contains nudity and adult themes.

Cast/Performers

Susan Vidler (The Woman), Amy Hollinshead (The Girl), Yosuke Kusano (The Man), Francesco Ferrari, Kieran Brown

Creatives/Company

Author: Marguerite Duras
Adapted by(s): Fleur Darkin, Jemima Levick
Director(s): Fleur Darkin, Jemima Levick
Dramaturg: David Greig
Design: Leila Kalbassi
Lighting: Emma Jones
Sound: Torben Lars Sylvest
Costume: Alison Brown