Giggleswick theatre stages double bill of love, life and loss (From Craven Herald)

Richard Whiteley Theatre to stage Translunar Paradise and You’re Not Like Other Girls Chrissy

11:30am Friday 27th January 2012 in Arts & Ents News

A double bill of love, life and loss is on offer at Giggleswick School’s Richard Whiteley Theatre next month.

First, the award-winning Theatre Ad Infinitum will perform Translunar Paradise – a haunting play without words – followed by Caroline Horton’s You’re Not Like Other Girls Chrissy, an eccentric Frenchwoman’s tale of wartime love.

The double bill will be performed on Saturday, February 4.

Translunar Paradise was premiered to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe 2011 and is a journey of life, death and enduring love.

After his wife passes away, William escapes to a paradise of fantasy and past memories, a place far from the reality of his grief. Returning from beyond the grave, Rose revisits her widowed companion to perform one last act of love: to help him let go.

The story is told without words, through movement, haunting music and masks.

Director and performer George Mann said: “Age, like a mask, can obscure the fact a person was once young. We’re working without words to convey this story through the body and music on a poetic level. The audience will be immersed in feeling, sensations and movements.”

You’re Not Like Other Girls is set in 1945 after Paris has been liberated. Christiane waits at the Gare Du Nord for a ticket to England to be reunited with her fiancé. While she waits, she recounts the story of her love affair with Cyril, a tongue-tied teacher from Staffordshire.

The double bill starts with Translunar Paradise at 7pm, followed by Chrissy at 8.45pm. Tickets are available from giggleswick.org/rwt or by calling (01729) 893180.