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Taking
the Blood of Butterflies
by Sean Burn
In
a war-torn country, a mother, her daughter and a peacekeeping
force struggle to survive. Under siege and numbed by war,
the soldiers are slowly slipping into madness. Soon their
war cries of valour and duty are replaced by death and abuse.
World
Premiere
WHen.
Oval House, London
24th October - 11th November 2006
The
Cast
Aine
O'Sullivan - Daughter
Annabel Capper - Mother
Ben Neale - Andre
Simon Coleman - Colonel
Robin Middleton - Doctor
William Gregory - Zek
The
Creative Team
Vanessa Mobiglia - Director
Mamouru Iriguchi - Set Designer
Prema Mehta - Lighting Designer
Dominic Thurgood - Sound Designer
Heather Young - Stage Manager
Sean
Burn - Playwright
Is
a writer, poet, artist and performer who tours, exhibits and
publishes internationally. Commissioned theatre works include
IN AN AGE OF DOUBLE-GLAZING for Paines Plough (1999); CUTTER
for Half Moon Theatre (2004) and Time Out's Play of the Year
for Young People in the same year; RED VOICE for Birmingham
Repertory (2004) and VOICES for Pegasus Youth Theatre (2006).
His most recent short films STEALING BRECHT (created by a
PVA Medialab residency), THE TERROR WE CREATE and CHEKHOV
are receiving screenings around Europe. Recent text-art projects
include DREAM HORIZON for the disability arts organisation
Dada-South; RE:WORD for Fold Gallery, Cumbria & Válkaovocekristusvodadíte
(Warfruitchristwaterchild) for Cesta, Czech Republic. His
first full length collection of prose EDGE CITIES and @ THE
EDGE is published by Skrev Press and Wrecking Ball Press will
publish his first full length poetry collection NEVER SLEEP
WITH ANYONE WHOSE GOT MORE SCARS THAN YU (both 2006) later
in 2006.
'the
piece is unafraid to reveal its hand slowly, drawing the audience
in and absorbing them into an arena where the threat of violence
is invisible but somehow tangible.'
Theatreworld Internet Magazine
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