To accompany the book release of Source Work for Actors- Diane’s solo work RESTRAINTS will be released in Video format at Capitol Movie Theatre #6, 204 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA. Filmed by Austin DeBeche- this one hour premiere vividly captures the drama of this unforgettable one-woman show.
After the Video showing, Diane will speak on creating a devised work utilizing tasks and processes inspired by Cynkutis a leading actor with Grotowski’s Laboratory Theatre and documented in Source Work for Actors: In Workshop with Zbigniew Cynkutis of Grotowski’s Laboratory Theatre. There will be time for Q and A.
Free and Open to the Public- Donations Accepted.
Limited Seating- Registrations Encouraged.
RESTRAINTS created and performed by Diane Edgecomb
Developed under the artistic guidance of Jola Cynkutis
Lighting design, Rigging and Technical assistance: Larry Buckley
Costumes: Amanda Mujica
Performance filming by Austin de Besche
RESTRAINTS:
There will be time for Q and A.
Free and Open to the Public- Donations Accepted.
Limited Seating- Registrations Encouraged.
RESTRAINTS created and performed by Diane Edgecomb
Developed under the artistic guidance of Jola Cynkutis
Lighting design, Rigging and Technical assistance: Larry Buckley
Costumes: Amanda Mujica
Performance filming by Austin de Besche
RESTRAINTS:
Created through improvisations spanning six years and three countries, RESTRAINTS is a bold, imagistic solo performance that achieves meaning through extreme juxtapositions and startling imagery. Shaker hymns, recollected dreams, the ecstatic poems of Rumi, eerie gypsy fairytales, and the struggle for dominance between darkness and light weave throughout the piece as the main character searches to find within the conflict and confusion some semblance of inner freedom. Using only four evocative props, full physical commitment, and a bare stage, this archetypal figure in black struggles to escape “the witches garden,” responding to each transformation of the silvery white cloth, suspended by it at last above the narrow razor’s edge that separates ecstatic madness from divine spiritual transcendence. Etched through with moments of irony, pathos and dark humor this heroic quest to open the right “doors of perception” raises powerful existential questions about the dark night of the soul and the irrepressible search for truth and light that is at humanity’s core.
“Restraints swings soundly into the next world. Edgecomb expertly captures the terrifying fluidity of psychosis… her juxtapositions prove inspired; she’s aware that fairy tales, the gospels and all great drama come from the same tormented place.” Boston Globe
“… a compelling and well-crafted piece of theatre…[that] jettisons traditional theatrical assumptions.” Retro-Rocket.com (online review)
“The Grotowski-influenced Edgecomb conveyed the precariousness of an unstable human balancing on sanity’s tightrope.” Boston Phoenix
“Actress and award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb isn’t afraid of being provocative…those expecting a conventional theatre experience should look elsewhere.” Boston Herald
“The physicality of her acting style lends a visceral edge to her work.” Boston’s Weekly Dig
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