A movement-led theatre piece by Mad Bad Productions that blends poetry, movement and light to explore themes of wilderness and memory.
Mad Bad Productions bring The Seamstress to Assembly Roxy on Monday 2 November, with a second performance on Tuesday 3 November. It's part of the Assembly Festival's year-round programme, so it's one of the things they're keeping the Roxy running with outside the main August rush.
The play is rooted in an old story: women came from the sea to dance on land, and one night a woman's skin was taken, leaving her unable to return. From there it follows her as she confronts the wilderness beyond her and the wilderness within. It's a small cast of six performers weaving through that timeless tale, and the company describes it as unfolding like a pop-up fairytale.
Mad Bad Productions is an international company known for bold, movement-led work, and The Seamstress fits that. They blend poetry, movement, an original soundtrack and handheld light into a landscape of memory and imagination that shifts as the piece goes on. It was created for open, unusual and site-specific spaces, so it's built to work with the room it's in rather than against it. The ensemble includes Gina McTeague, Manon Vernier, Anna Laurence, Philippine Lazare, Isabella Iversen and Bryony Barclay, with Barclay also writing the piece and Iversen directing.
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It's a touring production, with dates at Trinity Community Arts in Bristol on 6 November and Proposition Studios in London on 7-8 November. In Edinburgh, it's staged in Roxy Central, one of the three main spaces inside the Assembly Roxy — a decommissioned church in the Old Town. Both the Monday and Tuesday performances start at 7pm, and tickets are £16.25.
