Safety by Chris Thorpe
Premiered at the Traverse: this year's Edinburgh Festival offering from Unlimited Theatre is a provocative new play about alienation Michael is a well-known photographer specialising in war zones. His daughter has just been saved from drowning by a total stranger while Michael stood by. He and his wife, Susan, have the stranger round to dinner - to thank him. It does not go well. Susan finds Michael cold and distant. The stranger thinks Michael is an emotional bully. Michael only feels truly alive when he's in danger. Interspersed with scenes showing Michael in Bosnia, Safety deals with a very modern form of alienation: how can we respond humanely to the horrors depicted in the media? And what happens to those whose job it is to report them? Unlimited Theatre, who are staging Safety at the Edinburgh Festival, have built up a reputation for intriguing new work, following the success at the 2000 and 2001 Festivals of their Static and Neutrino, which both won Fringe Firsts. The company is based in Leeds.
The Independent on Neutrino: 'Uniquely compelling.. Unlimited are a force to be reckoned with'
Chris Thorpe is the resident writer for Unlimited Theatre, of which he is a founding member. His earlier work includes Static (2000) and he was co-writer on Neutrino. He lives in Leeds.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781854597113 |
| ISBN 10 | 1854597116 |
| Title | Safety |
| Author | Chris Thorpe |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Nick Hern Books |
| Year published | 2002-07-31 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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