Performance

Venue	Old Red Lion
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	23rd November 1999
To	18th December 1999
What is currently on at Old Red Lion (V216)

Destinies

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A pair of one act plays, modified version of Gillian Plowman's Wooden Pear and Beata Beatrix. In the Wooden Pear, Madeleine is a woman whose life is cruelly shattered by a vicious attack. Now, ten years later, she must confront the perpetuator to exact a bizarre form of revenge, only to discover that in many ways Daniel is as much a victim as herself. Now, together they must find salvation from the past. In Beata Beatrix, a chance encounter at an art gallery reveals a man tortured by a guilty past and a woman wracked with insecurity for the future, whose lives subtly mirror Rosetti's famous painting. In two beautiful plays, award winning playwright Gillian Plowman explores themes of mutual dependency and personal redemption with poignant sensitivity, humour and tremendous human insight. A beautiful and thought provoking evening's drama.

Author	Gillian Plowman
Director	Stephen Picton
Performer	Frankey Martyn
Performer	Chris Humphreys
Design	Andy Newell
Lighting	John Bramley
Company	Carpe Diem

Archive :: play:S1474924796, venue:V216

Reviews

User Review: 11Jan01: Excellent writing and very good acting gave us an evening of tears and laughs. I found the lighting odd and felt that the Director should trust more in the intelligence of the audience rather than pointing the ebb and flow of the writing - but a most worthwhile evening out.

User Reviews

USER (11Jan01): Excellent writing and very good acting gave us an evening of tears and laughs. I found the lighting odd and felt that the Director should trust more in the intelligence of the audience rather than pointing the ebb and flow of the writing - but a most worthwhile evening out.

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