On 11
July 2003 Zahra Kazemi, a freelance photographer who
resided in Montreal, died in the custody of Iranian
officials, 19 days after her arrest.
Despite Iran's
insistence that her death was accidental, evidence of
rape and torture, including a skull fracture, were fund
on her body.
Our adaptation
of Pinter’s Ashes to Ashes links Kazemi’s murder ant the
play.
This is the
most "Painteresque" play Pinter has ever written.
Pinter's suspenseful/erotic/menacing virtues are
present, as are his concern for political oppression,
his romantic fascination with the inspiring female
character, and his brilliantly felt-from-within sympathy
for psychological abnormality. A superb play that
marries personal and political aspects profoundly.
In Ashes to
Ashes the borders of individual memory are obscured.
What Rebecca recalls under Devlin's increasingly
frustrated interrogation, seems to be a vivid memory of
a sadomasochistic love affair. “There are some things
one remembers even though they may never have
happened.”-Harold Pinter.
As she
continues talking, she describes, with hypnotic calm,
having witnessed horrific scenes. The images are
generic and dreamlike, but they inevitably bring to mind
the horrors of the Holocaust and, more recently, ethnic
cleansings around the world.
Venue: Tarragon Mainspace
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| Dates |
Times |
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Friday August 3rd |
6:00pm |
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Saturday August 4th |
1:30pm |
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Sunday August 5th |
12:00pm |
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Tuesday August 7th |
9:00pm |
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Friday August 10th |
6:00pm |
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Sunday August 12th |
7:30pm |
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