RESTRAINTS – Video Premiere & Interactive presentation on Devised Work @ Capitol Movie Theater, Arlington MA

To accompany the book release of Source Work for Actors- Diane’s solo work RESTRAINTS will be released in Video format at Capitol Movie Theatre #6 204 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA. Filmed by Austin DeBeche- this one hour premiere vividly captures the drama of this unforgettable one-woman show.

After the Video showing, Diane will speak on creating a devised work utilizing tasks and processes inspired by Cynkutis a leading actor with Grotowski’s Laboratory Theatre and documented in Source Work for Actors: In Workshop with Zbigniew Cynkutis of Grotowski’s Laboratory Theatre. There will be time for Q and A.

Free and Open to the Public- Donations Accepted.
Limited Seating- Registrations Encouraged.

RESTRAINTS created and performed by Diane Edgecomb
Developed under the artistic guidance of Jola Cynkutis
Lighting design, Rigging and Technical assistance: Larry Buckley
Costumes: Amanda Mujica
Performance filming by Austin de Besche

RESTRAINTS:
Created through improvisations spanning six years and three countries, RESTRAINTS ventures into that forbidden territory where madness and spiritual transcendence meet. A swirling, surreal tapestry of Shaker hymns, the ecstatic poetry of Rumi, and recollected dreams accompany one woman’s journey through the dark night of the soul evoking existential questions about whether the light that shows the way is light true or false. Immersive in style, the performance takes the audience on a roller coaster ride etched through with moments of irony, pathos and gallows humor.  Will it be mind, body or soul that holds the key to opening the right “doors of perception” on this dangerous quest?

“Restraints swings soundly into the next world. Edgecomb expertly captures the terrifying fluidity of psychosis… her juxtapositions prove inspired; she’s aware that fairy tales, the gospels and all great drama come from the same tormented place.” Boston Globe