This show finished on Saturday 03 March 2007, and this page is being kept for archival purposes only.
The Cosmonaut's Last Message To The Woman He Once Loved In The Former Soviet...
Tuesday 27 February - Saturday 03 March 2007
3.50/4.00/4.50
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The Cosmonaut’s Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union has its companion piece in Pyrenees, in which the characters of Keith and Vivienne are explored further. In Cosmonauts, however, their inability to communicate forms the backdrop to a study of human nature, communication and variations on reality. As Oleg and Casimir orbit the earth; two unaware throwbacks to the Soviet era alone in space; Casimir’s daughter Nastasja falls in and out of affairs, constantly trying to find her father ‘in the sky’.
In order to reflect the sense of transience embodied in Nastasja contrasted with the earthiness of Vivienne, the influence of media and flux on everyday life, Director Nicola Cross and Stage Manager Alex Robertson aim to create an interactive flying set with the two cosmonauts physically suspended from the ceiling of Bedlam Theatre, a feat as yet un-attempted in the theatre’s history. Meanwhile, James Turner Inman will, I’m sure, be turning on some lights, somewhere. He usually is.
Dress run photos made by James Baster.
Assistant Kate Jagger
Assistant Alex Randall
Belayer Mike Shannon
Belayer Alex Engel
Belayer / Producer Alex Hall
Belayer / Rigger Will Ellison
Casimir Robin Stewart
Chief Rigger Dan Currie
Claire/Natasja Christina Logue
Costumes Colleen Patterson
Director Nicola Cross
Graphics / Oleg Nick Kay
Health and Safety supervision David Larking
Kieth/Bernard Fred Gordon
Patient Tom Paul
Producer Lucy Jackson
Proprietor/Eric Harry Wright
Rigger Amy Curry
Rigger Russell Gill
Rigger Emily Carroll
Rigger Malcolme Reid
Rigger Katie Froude
Stage Manager Alex Robertson
Technical Manager James Turner Inman
Technical Manager Alexander Macmillan
Understudy Michael Whitham
Vivienne/Sylvia Cat Hoyle
