A fresh play explores the plight of unmarried mothers in swinging Britain who were told that giving up their children was ‘the best thing’“It’s like being inside Darth Vader’s mask,” says Rachael Savage, 42, or the founder of Vamos Theatre,Britain’s main full-mask theatre company. “You can hear yourself breathe, yet you can see diminutive and have no peripheral vision.”The immobile features of the mask somehow become emotionally engaging on stage. Savage explains: “Pace, and posture,gesture and angle of the mask all have to express visually what isn’t spoken. As a performer, you are anonymous. It’s not a genre for actors with egos.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com