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We are delighted to announce Arts Council England Covid-19 Emergency Funding for our director Hendrick January awarded in July 2020.
As recognition for the work Hendrick January has done in both the field of directing women's voices and neurodiversity, he was awarded a special Covid-19 grant by the Arts Council for England.
Having directed a film of Franca Rame's comedic one-woman monologue, Coming Home, during lockdown Hendrick has now directed three of the Italian Playwright's work. See below for the first two, performed as theatre pieces in London in January 2020.
Performed at:
Watch trailer here for 'A Mother'
Double bill performance of 'A Mother' with 'Medea' by Franca Rame and Dario Fo at the Dugdale Centre in North London in January 2020.
Performed:
Wednesday 22 January - 25 January, 2020
in Dugdale Centre, Enfield, London
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Transferred from
Edinburgh
20th - 24th August 2019
A mother + Medea - two plays by Franca Rame
A Mother: A Mother coaxes us into her experience of anguish, guilt and anger, as she grapples with the monster she has created. We share a mother's torment as the play takes on an increasingly nightmarish quality and she descends into her final hell.
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Medea: Taking it's cue from the Euripides tragedy, Franca Rame's Medea explores the sexual politics of motherhood, and its ultimate taboo - infanticide.
Performed by Jane Gwilliams.
Directed by Hendrick January.
Produced by Emma Mahony.
Music by Herbert Homer-Warbeck
All profits from the Edinburgh Fringe went to the charity Fine Cell Work.
"A Mother" and "Medea" presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH LTD, a Concord Theatricals company.
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Photography and artwork by Henry Steedman