Sinead Rushe / Out of Inc

'Beautifully lit and imaginatively staged by Rushe, the dialogue is scattered with torn rags of poetry, the discomforting detritus of an unquiet mind... hugely evocative.'
Time Out

'Meticulously crafted... an impressive theatrical package.' Metro

'Beautifully performed: Rushe and Litalien work together with extraordinary synergy and lithe elegance.' The Scotsman

A new play for one actor and an aerialist about fear and paranoia.

When we're tired, we go to sleep. What could be more natural? Tucked in, curled up, snug as a bug in a rug. We can't last long without our nightly fix of oblivion. But few boundaires are more fragile than the one that separates forgetful sleep and wary vigil. Sleep isn't just rest and relaxation. It's also a risk, a literal leap in the dark, a letting go. Defences down. Out of time, out of mind, out if it: between sleep and wakefulness we wander the byways, the backstreets of memory, reliving the things that made us who we are. We face, distorted, the fears we never left behind. It's no surprise that our dreams, when they come, are seldom sweet.

Conceived and directed by Sinéad Rushe
Performed by Sinéad Rushe and Camille Litalien
Written by Stephen Sharkey and Sinéad Rushe
Lighting by Andrew Taylor
Set by Henrijs Preiss and Andrew Grant
Costumes by Marie Blunck-Ward
Aerial direction and consultancy by Catrin Osborn and Sophie Richards
Sound preproduction by Malcolm Bruce
Programme and flyer design by Dermot Rushe
Produced by Kate Houlden
Press by Sue Lancashire

Soundtrack includes Arvo Part, Massive Attack and Einstürzende Neubauten.

past productions :

Night-Light, 2006

A new play for one actor and an aerialist about fear and paranoia.

Performed for three weeks at Oval House Theatre (London) in 2006 and Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2005.

**2006 tour to: Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath; South Street, Reading; Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast and mac, Birmingham.**