Dark Mirror
T01025377477
Four short plays by award winning playwright Paul Ekert, presenting a darkly comic view point of what it is to be human, to remain part of the game of life; even when life seems little more than a consolation prize.
Archive :: production:T01025377477, play:S01668671902, venue:V800
Circles of Truth/T4-2/Being Alice/Holding On
Circles of Truth - An unsuccessful writer is mocked on the eve of his suicide by his more successful nemesis. For the sake of his sanity, only one writer can survive. Staring Alex Babic & Stephen Rees.
T4-2 - In the not too distant future, Nigel returns home to find his mother has bought him a happy-divorce-day present; a robot servant. Can he recapture his humanity from a non-human? Staring Liz Mente-Bishop & Steve Walker.
Being Alice - Distraught at receiving a low mark for his first term paper a young student meets a university drop out. Here he finds there can be greater sorrows in life than a bad grade. Staring Livvi Frazer-Smith and Jonny Pert.
Holding On - The private thoughts of a playwright about to take his final earthly bow are interrupted by a rather persistent dog walker, And that's when his problems really begin. Starring Alan Wightman and Phil Sharman. From the tragic, to the comedic, Dark Mirror shows how people can change, or be changed by seemingly random moments in life. And not always for the better?
