The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland
| By: | David Woods; Jon Haynes; |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury UK |
| Print ISBN: | 9781783191086 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781783196074 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Mediterranean roasted vegetables. Finnish Folk and Margaret Drabble. Adolf Hitler and the knitted cover for a toilet roll. An audience split in two experiencing auditory hallucinations.
The new work from acclaimed theatre company Ridiculusmus is inspired by a treatment method for psychosis that has virtually eradicated schizophrenia from Western Lapland. The text is syncopated and harmonised throughout with duets on words and phrases, cooking up a dizzying concoction of memory, delusion and reality that culminates in a unified third act of denouement set between the past and present – the crucial defining moment of the protagonist’s life. It conjures up a comic nightmare of delusion while offering a hopeful world of polyphonic uncertainty, a world where dialogue can transform your life.