'The Seer'
Neil and Iona are a comfortable couple in their early thirties. Into their lives bursts Kirsty, Iona’s anarchic sister, who immediately disturbs their equilibrium. Iona is delighted by her arrival, Neil feels threatened by it. Half an hour into the play, its established reality, a contemporary living room farce, is transformed by Kirsty’s realisation that they are being watched - by the audience ! Two characters, Sabrina and Janice, intervene from their seats in the auditorium. To Iona and Neil, they appear to have come from nowhere, or through the wall of their front room. To Kirsty, they are visitors from a parallel universe. The Seer by Ali Smith is a contemporary comedy of manners which incorporates a playful deconstruction of the medium of theatre itself, asking the audience to consider just what it is they are seeing. It’s a lively, funny, satirical roller coaster about domestic perfection, free spirits and the new Scotland. "a timely reminder of how much Scottish theatre needs this strand of Highland-made work with all its wild surrealism, structural anarchy, passionate lyricism and spiritual openness". SAC Funded.Date: 06/05/06
Start Time: 20:00:00
Venue: Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, TDC main hall
Audience Numbers: 65
Type: Theatre Adult