A TRANSPORT/New Wolsey theatre co-production

Thu 13 to SAT 15 OCTOBER




INVISIBLE
Written by / Tena Štivičić Directed by / Douglas Rintoul
Choreographed by / Darren Johnston
I am writing to tell you about the production of Invisible which is running here at the New Wolsey for just four performances.
This is a co-production between ourselves and Doug Rintoul’s company Transport which Doug has been developing over a number of years, through interviews and research with refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and displaced people both in this country and other parts of Europe.
From this research and exploration, a play was commissioned from Tena Stivicic, a Croatian playwright, and this script was given a rehearsed reading in PULSE 2009. I was in the audience for that reading and became very excited by the quality, imagination and ambition of what I was hearing. It is a fantastically entertaining and interesting new play, managing to weave together a number of different stories, from different parts of Europe, and eventually focussing in on a clash of culture and experience around a kitchen table in North London.
It is rare to witness a play that has this panoramic sweep, combines humour, irony and tragedy, and manages to describe so successfully our lived experience now. The characters in the play come from a vast range of backgrounds and places, and yet, as we see their stories unfold we realise that we are all in some way just passing through, looking for a place we can call home.
I am very proud that we have helped to commission such a fine piece of new writing and I am looking forward to seeing the play finally realised in a full production. This will be another world premiere at the New Wolsey and I urge you not to miss the opportunity to be among the first to experience this outstanding new play.
Peter Rowe, Artistic Director
Time / 7.45pm Matinee / Sat 15 Oct at 2.30pm Post-Show Talk Friday 14 October
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