THE DREADFUL HOURS
Tmesis Theatre and Chris Fittock
Written by
Chris Fittock
Creative collaborator/director
Javier Narzan (Peepolykus)
Sound design/creative input
Xenia Bayer
Lighting Design
Mark Williams
Set/costume design:
Kevin Pollard
Performed by:
Elinor Randle and Yorgos Karamalegos
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A first experiment on Chris Fittock's ideas was presented at Everyword Festival in July 2008 followed by a work in progress of the developed ideas on the 3rd of July 2009 as a part of the same festival
When one hour’s dinner can seem like years, yet years seem to pass in a heartbeat...
They are energised, ambitious, and intoxicated with a perfect summer of Technicolor love. They feel extraordinary, and long to have the world at their feet. But what happens when the summer ends, and the realities of suburban malaise begin to stifle the first sparks of limitless love? When one hour’s dinner can seem like five years, but five years can pass in a heartbeat?
Combining Tmesis Theatre’s trademark physicality with new writing from acclaimed Northwest playwright Chris Fittock, The Dreadful Hours is a darkly comic drama exploring the quiet disintegration of love’s first flourish through the lifetime of one couple’s relationship.
Peepolykus’s master of the ridiculous Javier Marzan directs what is sure to be a wonderfully inventive production full of dark humour and striking visuals.
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PHOTO ALEX WOLKOWICZ
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The Dreadful Hours as presented as a part of "The moment" at Everyman's Everyword festival in 2008
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