The Old House
Written and Performed by Kate Maravan
Memory, loss, mother-daughter relationships and the hokey-cokey.
Revisiting The Old House, mother and daughter hang on to fragments of what they know: beach walks, fish and chips, carnival processions, echoes of bygone summers. Memories surface, slip away. A last chance to meet each other anew. Grief, laughter, liberation.
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30% of all proceeds will be donated to dementia charities, including Reimagining Dementia and Arts for Dementia.
CREATIVE TEAM
Director Kath Burlinson
Movement Director Vincent Manna
Sound Designer Adrienne Quartly
PAST PERFORMANCES
Digital runs 2020/2021 Tristan Bates OnDemand Season and Brighton Fringe. Online Offie nominated.
September 2019 Aldeburgh Cinema, High Tide Festival
September 2019 Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
July 2019 Theatre 503
January 2019 Asthall manor, Oxfordshire. 19th January.
Camden Fringe August 2018 Hen and Chickens Theatre August 2018
July 2018 RADA festival
ABOUT
Inspired by Kate’s mother’s journey with Alzheimer’s, The Old House explores the possibility that relating to someone with dementia can be a creative and meaningful exchange; a discovery of the person we are with now rather than an attachment to who we once knew and an alive connection to the present moment.
The Old House is a solo show exploring how two womens’ journeys of loss and discovering new places of freedom are interwoven.
REVIEWS
‘Maravan seamlessly switches between the role of mother and daughter, beautifully showcasing two distinct people on a bare stage.. The steady changes between scenarios are as natural as breath… interactions between mother and daughter flawlessly intersperse fragments of poetry.adding just the right amount of movement.. with some exquisite turns of phrase from Maravan’ - The Edinburgh guide
‘Elegant and beautifully performed one-woman show... In just an hour, we get a surgically precise analysis of a woman’s relationship to her mother...The Old House is a wonderfully revealing piece of theatre’- The Camden Fringe Voyeur
‘Stunning one woman show. Such adept storytelling and a masterful, multi-role performance’
‘Very moving and funny’
‘So much beauty and sadness and complexity and silliness and everything human’
‘What a stunning journey in transformation, authenticity, poetry, rage, fire, life -all of it: the joys, the sorrows, the endless pain and the endless light. It knocked me out and lifted me up in equal measures’