How to Fall Flat on your Face March 2022
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How to heal from a broken face, how to heal from a broken heart, how to heal from the inside out.
A journey into the inner workings of Anna — a Waterford woman — who falls flat on her face and spends a day in a London hospital corridor, waiting. Her face is broken but from the neck down she is unmarked with red nails, skinny jeans and heels. Sitting in a city that is not her own, Anna’s mind wanders between past and present… She reminisces about her life in Waterford but her warm memories of home are interrupted by her present surroundings! She is obsessive — about most things. Food, body, home, routine and planning. She is committed to perfection, so much so, she will chase down a stranger in SuperValu to get the right bunch of tulips, stopping a lady buying the last cream bunch, because Anna needs that particular colour to match her tea towels. A funny and dark deep dive into how ‘sweating the small stuff’ can escalate… |
A play about falling flat on your face (literally) and finding the ability within to rebuild.
With an exceptional creative team, this new play opens on International Women’s Day, March 8th and explores mental health and body image through an innovative storytelling style. The audience is put in the centre of the action by sitting in the waiting area with Anna. Her extreme way of thinking and detailed imagery of day-to-day life is recognisable and humorous, drawing the audience into her mind’s workings, leaving you think about the lengths we all go to achieve perfection.
How to heal from a broken face, how to heal from a broken heart, how to heal from the inside out.A journey into the inner workings of Anna — a Waterford woman — who falls flat on her face and spends a day in a London hospital corridor, waiting. Her face is broken but from the neck down she is unmarked with red nails, skinny jeans and heels. Sitting in a city that is not her own, Anna’s mind wanders between past and present…
Credits
Writer: Katie Honan
Director: Luke Kernaghan
Actor: Katie Honan
Movement Director: Rachel Ní Bhraonáin
Set/Costume Design: Deirdre Dwyer
Sound Design: Jamie Beamish
Lighting Design: Eoin Byrne
Dramaturgy: Laura Honan
Producer: Miriam Dunne
Production Manager: Liz Honan
Stage Manager: Amy Burke
Technical Coordinators: Laura Honan and Simon Burke
Poster Design: Chris Dunne
With an exceptional creative team, this new play opens on International Women’s Day, March 8th and explores mental health and body image through an innovative storytelling style. The audience is put in the centre of the action by sitting in the waiting area with Anna. Her extreme way of thinking and detailed imagery of day-to-day life is recognisable and humorous, drawing the audience into her mind’s workings, leaving you think about the lengths we all go to achieve perfection.
How to heal from a broken face, how to heal from a broken heart, how to heal from the inside out.A journey into the inner workings of Anna — a Waterford woman — who falls flat on her face and spends a day in a London hospital corridor, waiting. Her face is broken but from the neck down she is unmarked with red nails, skinny jeans and heels. Sitting in a city that is not her own, Anna’s mind wanders between past and present…
Credits
Writer: Katie Honan
Director: Luke Kernaghan
Actor: Katie Honan
Movement Director: Rachel Ní Bhraonáin
Set/Costume Design: Deirdre Dwyer
Sound Design: Jamie Beamish
Lighting Design: Eoin Byrne
Dramaturgy: Laura Honan
Producer: Miriam Dunne
Production Manager: Liz Honan
Stage Manager: Amy Burke
Technical Coordinators: Laura Honan and Simon Burke
Poster Design: Chris Dunne