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Alison Peebles

ALISON PEEBLES  

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Synopsis:
empty flats turned into a space for a microcosm of north-east life, some stories particular to this area, but still global in their underlying messages.
Lorraine Wilson, Herald

Notes:
part of ten new pieces to launch the National Theatre of Scotland

1st Produced:
Aberdeen, 48 Logie Place    2006

Organisations:
Aberdeen International Youth festival

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Pieces Piece

Parts:
Male:  -    Female:  -    Other:  21 performers

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My Shrinking Life

Synopsis:
As I struggle inelegantly on my crutches, toddlers, who have just discovered the wobbly freedom of their own two feet, whizz past me. People amble, stride, jog and just. . .walk. It is a gift they don't know they have, and one I never considered until I began to lose it. Alison Peebles is a leading Scottish actor who once gave an acclaimed performance as Lady Macbeth and in many others memorable roles. But that's not the point. Alison Peebles has primary progressive MS which was first diagnosed 12 years ago, after a series of falls as a creeping numbness spread throughout her body. But maybe that's not the point either. The point is that she is as vulnerable as all of us. Thomas, Katie and Hannah are beautiful young performers, but it's not important that they have healthy, flexible, reliable bodies. What's important is that their minds and their emotions can be as unpredictable as Alison's body. My Shrinking Life is a confrontation between fundamental concepts in human life, between weakness and vanity, between choice and coercion, between movement and stasis, beginnings and ends. Celebratory, irreverent and, at times, surreal, My Shrinking Life examines the emotional and physical journey we are all on as vulnerable, fragile people, diagnosed or not.

Notes:
concept by Alison Peebles, devised by the Company

1st Produced:

Organisations:
National theatre of Scotland

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  1    Female:  3    Other:  -

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