Doors: this life was given to me
Writer: Madani Younis
Director: Rod Dixon
Sound: Jaydev Mistry
Design: Nat Tarrab
Lighting: Tim Skelly
This production was the outcome of a creative process with the Red Grit Project ( Red Ladder’s Actor Training Project), a mixed group of young people selected from citywide workshops in Leeds. The script penned by Madani Younis, winner of South Bank Arts award for Diversity 2006 and the final production described by director Rod Dixon as “ an absurd piece of theatre made by & for a new generation”.
"Superb…. not only a splendid piece of theatre, but a powerful tool for influencing lives." Reviewsgate.com
Three strangers are caught in a web spun from the mistaken choices of their past. As each one struggles, the web tightens. Giles teases and manipulates like a cruel puppet-master; Jo hides behind his angry mask; Leah comforts herself in fantasy. Frederick arrives.
Painful old wounds split open – lies and deceit smother the truth.
Can anyone escape this 21st century hell?
We either change the way we live, or the world in which we live changes us forever.