Kin
by Donna Rutherford
Running time: 1 hour
As time speeds up,
the future and its inevitable deteriorations get closer. Just as you become slower
at everything you do,
take longer to do the simplest things, you find yourself
hurtling downhill with
no brakes.
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KIN explores the fear, sorrow, guilt and frustration
but also the love, trust and laughter to be found as middle-aged children negotiate the changes in their relationship with their parent.
In moving close-ups, performers reveal to camera concerns of their own ageing while dealing with their parents’ increasingly glacial pace of life.
"I feel middle-aged with mum and I quite enjoy this.
I like sharing aspects of getting older with her: the beginning of slippery memory, loss of focus." Cathy Naden
"You never lose that dynamic of a parent child relationship. I’ll always be her wee boy, even though
am almost 42! – she still refers to me as her wee boy."
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"This solo performance is a powerful meditation on
the shifting dynamics that seep into the relationship between middle-aged children and elderly parents. Talking straight to Rutherford’s unsentimental, unhistrionic lens, performers volunteer affectionate anecdotes that also venture into what is often unspeakable territory, giving raw, vulnerable voice to the encroaching practical concerns. “Rutherford has
an instinct for delving into the troubled heartland of everyday life. Here, she succeeds in confronting our fears while reminding us to celebrate shared humanity.” The Herald 5* February 2011
“Very moving, thoughtful, fresh and sensitive and with humour too” Audience member
Links:
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www.heraldscotland.com
Cast: Donna Rutherford and on screen Richard Gregory (Quarantine), Tim Ingram (Reckless Sleepers), Claire Marshall & Cathy Naden (Forced Entertainment)
and
Alison Peebles
Crew: Brendan Savage
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