Graeae's story continues...
Directed by Jenny Sealey, A Lovely Sunday for Creve Soeur by Tennessee Williams tours England.
A co-production with Fittings Multi-media arts, Fittings: The Last Freak Show premiered in May of 1999. The production turned audience’s understanding of freak shows on their head and caused political outcry at one of their tour stops.
February- April:
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A Lovely Sunday for Creve Soeur by Tennessee Williams and directed by Jenny Sealey goes on a tour of England.
Graeae’s words: “It’s a hot sticky Sunday in St Louis and Dorothea is expecting a call from the most eligible bachelor in town. Bodey is scheming to fix her up with her twin brother and Helena is trying to whisk her away to a better life. Meanwhile, Miss Gluck is causing chaos in the bathroom. The relationships of these four thirty-something women, their loneliness and their aspirations are beautifully explored in Tennessee Williams’ rarely performed bittersweet comedy.”
May- July:
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Fittings: The Last Freak Show: Co-production with fittings multi-media arts that went out on a national tour and had some involvement at Glastonbury Festival.
Graeae’s words: “In this tent I promise wonders and marvels! A highly unusual attraction of monsters and freaks – creatures who live outside the limits of your imagination. Ringmaster Rusty Gusty runs the last freak show on the planet – a troupe of fantastical and bizarre creatures who are on their way to Greenwich to cash in on the Millennium celebrations. Each has an incredible story to tell as we are allowed into their strange, but surprisingly familiar, world. A cunning mixture of performance and exhibition, FITTINGS explores people as objects and what it is to be human – whether as an abhorrent misfit or a perfect angel.”