Venue: Studio
Date: Tue 15 May - Fri 18 May
Time: 7.45pm (Tue, Thu & Fri) 2.30pm (Wed)
Written by: Luigi Pirandello
Directed by: Juliet Forster
Reviews
Wed 16 May 2012
Written by Ron Powls, Goole Times
Out of Character is a special theatrical company. Its remit is to challenge our perceptions of mental health, through plays which explore “the fine line between madness and genius”, performed by people with first hand knowledge of mental health problems, being sufferers from them
After he is knocked off his horse during a masquerade, a man loses his mind and remains locked in a castle for the next 20 years believing he is the medieval emperor Henry IV. A troupe of actors collude in this delusion daily, until one day he receives a visit from the woman he once loved and a psychiatrist determined to cure him. But who is sane and who is mad? And what is madness anyway? Exploring the knife edge between illusion and reality, Out of Character bring their unique perspective to this fascinating and darkly humorous 20th Century classic.
Out of Character make challenging work for inquisitive audiences with the aim of transcending the boundaries of modern theatre and our perceptions of mental health, claiming the territory between inspiration and medication.
This production has been made possible by the kind support of Converge.
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Tickets
£12, £8 students & U25s, £10 concessions