Performance

VenueThe Civic
TownBarnsley
CountySouth Yorkshire
From1st October 2016
To1st October 2016
When19:30
What is currently on at The Civic (V959)

Getting Better Slowly

T0993613571
At the age of 26, in the space of three weeks, Adam Pownall went from being a fit and healthy dancer and performer to a paralysed man unable to blink unaided. Getting Better Slowly is the story of his two and half year battle back to health, from learning to walk and talk again to the movement classes that kept him going to the first time he managed to play football again. Through speech, movement, sound and verbatim text taken from interviews with Adam and his family, the show follows him from diagnosis to rehabilitation, capturing his highs and lows to create an inspirational piece that asks the audience how they might deal with an unexpected illness or accident..
Author Nick Wood


Archive :: production:T0993613571, play:S1825736300, venue:V959

Production details

Reviews

Overall: 5.00
Howard Sanders (24Sep16): As someone who has been through the horrifying experience of Guillain Barre Syndrome as a carer I found this a superbly written and performed play. All involved have shown a great empathy with and understanding of the condition. But I am also sure that the play will provide entertainment and education to lay people with no previous knowledge of GBS. In particular well done to performers Adam ( who has had GBS) and Kitty, and to writer Nick. 5

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Company

Presented byLincoln Drill Hall
Director Tilly Branson
Director Marc Brew (movement director)
Producer Adam Pownall (creative producer)
Choreographer Kimberley Harvey (associate choreographer)
Sound Adam P. McCready
DramaturgLuca Rutherford (associate dramaturg)
Design Kate Unwin
Lighting Howell Thomas
Performer Adam Pownall
Performer Killy Randle
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