Image : Stacy Makishi, photo Nikki Tomlinson
THE FALSETTOS (2013-14)
The Falsettos is classic Makishi in that it brings seemingly disparate ideas together in a poetic and disarmingly funny way. Splicing together influences from The Sopranos, E.T. And Barbra Streisand. Mobs, midlife, lowlife and taboo get the Makishi treatment - uncompromising, compassionate and joyously absurd. Geographically distant from her beloved and increasingly ancient mum in Hawaii, Makishi speaks the unthinkable yet undeniable desire to spare her any further pain by killing her.
Stacy is such an stunningly engaging performer you don't immediately notice how elegant the whole thing is but I loved how slowly this delicate network of ideas seemed to collect in a single real/imaginary moment in an apartment in Hawaii.
Andy Field, Forest Fringe
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Commissioned by Chelsea Theatre, Colchester Arts Centre and The Basement supported by The Roddick Foundation. Supported using public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Produced by Nikki Tomlinson/Artsadmin
PREVIOUS DATES
The Falsettos toured to Chelsea Theatre (London), The Basement (Brighton), Arnolfini (Bristol), Colchester Arts Centre, Word of Warning (Manchester), Live at LICA (Lancaster), Toynbee Studios (London), BRUT (Vienna), Norwich Arts Centre and Warwick Arts Centre.