LOVE BEYOND
By Ramesh Meyyappan
Presented by Raw Material & Vanishing Point in association with Aberdeen Performing Arts.
Love Beyond is a love story. But not a typical one.
Harry has dementia. He also uses sign language. As he moves into a new home, he is accompanied by memories that dance like ghosts around him. Events from the past seem newly present; a visit from his wife rekindles their love - he imagines they are young and together again.
Harry’s carer provides him with some solace, but just as the determined nurse begins to learn Harry’s sign language, he begins to forget it, leaving him in a unique world where he must confront the only thing that remains – himself.
Love Beyond is a beautiful, tender and visually creative new show from renowned theatre artist Ramesh Meyyappan, and directed by Matthew Lenton.
This show incorporates BSL, visual language (sign mime/visual vernacular) and oral dialogue. It intends to present an equal experience for d/Deaf audiences and hearing audiences.
Supported by British Deaf Association.
EDINBURGH FRINGE 2024 + SCOTTISH TOUR
12-25 August 2024
ASSEMBLY GEORGE SQUARE - Gordon Aikman Theatre
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024
Made In Scotland Showcase
Tickets on sale 2 May
Scottish Tour, Autumn 2024, dates TBA, supported by The National Lottery through Creative Scotland.
“★★★★ Lenton’s one-hour show combines tremendous depths of emotion with sheer technical brilliance, as Ramesh Meyappan as Harry, Elicia Daly as May, and Amy Kennedy as the memory of Elise, travel deep into Harry’s world of memory and longing; helped by Becky Minto’s astonishing set of mirrored screens which sometimes shiver with loss and uncertainty, superb lighting by Simon Wilkinson, and a searching and beautiful score by David Paul Jones, which leads us straight into the surges of thought and emotion in Harry’s mind, that cannot be expressed in words.”
“★★★★ Passionate, powerful, and poignant.”
“★★★★ The staging is a piece of creative genius, particularly involving the direction of Matthew Lenton, and the work of the design team. Becky Minto’s set uses three large wheeled panels behind the main action, lit by Simon Wilkinson.”
Credits
Written by Ramesh Meyyappan
Directed by Matthew Lenton
Set & Costume Design by Becky Minto
Lighting Design by Simon Wilkinson
Composed by David Paul Jones
Performed by Rinkoo Barpaga, Elica Daly
Amy Kennedy & Ramesh Meyyappan
Promo photography: Niall Walker
Production photography: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
TOURING HISTORY:
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 10-11 February 2023, as part of MANIPULATE
Tron Theatre, Glasgow, 17-18 February 2023