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ShadyJane is a new theatre company founded by five young
graduates from the University of Winchester.
Her Yellow Wallpaper, by American writer Charlotte
Perkins Gilman1, is a stunning piece of physical theatre, yet
beautifully haunting.
Gregory Nash, then Executive Director of The Point, spotted
their talent and potential when they showcased their final degree piece, which
was awarded the highest marks ever given, and offered them a residency at The
Point. In August 2009 they took Her Yellow Wallpaper to
the Edinburgh Festival. The magazine Three Weeks2 gave the following review of
this production. "This imaginative,
haunting, and at times darkly comic adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's
short story is an impressionistic portrait of a woman's unravelling sanity.
The imprisoned woman narrates her own disintegration, and is accompanied by a
chorus of four actresses playing female psyches who represent polite society
with its platitudes and stifling conventions. For the woman,
these sinister commentators emerge from the bewitching pattern of the yellow
wallpaper in her room. Never losing sight of the sanity of the mad woman in the
attic, the lead actress gives a subtle and controlled performance.
Trusting the power of Gilman's writing, ShadyJane have developed simple,
effective staging in which complex streams of thought are impressively supported
by atmospheric music and symbolic physicality."
1You can find further details about this work on
Wikepedia
2
http://edinburgh.threeweeks.co.uk/review/8249 |
