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Paper Swans

Written by Vyte Garriga Mon 28 Apr – Sat 3 May 25 60 minutes
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Three Weeks
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Soho Upstairs – Dean Street Age Recommendation: 14+ Running time: 60 minutes
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Paper Swans draws on absurdist theatre, visual symbolism and the playwright's personal experience, as a woman from a post-Soviet country coming to the UK.

Paper Swans is a one act play set in a closed park at night.

A security guard finds a young woman in a ballet dress sitting on a bench making paper swans.

As he tries to find out what she is doing and why, he locks them in a continuous never-ending loop of having to encounter each other again and again. However, each time they meet, there is a slight change in the situation from the one before.

This work draws on absurdist theatre, visual symbolism and the playwright’s personal experience, as a woman from a post-Soviet country (Lithuania) coming to the UK.

'[The] choreography is so precise and disciplined that every moment is intense, heightened to the nth degree. There is no let-up here. The hour flashes by and, as the actors take their bows, I realise that I’ve been holding my breath. I don’t know for how long.'
Bouquets & Brickbats
'It is off-kilter and discomforting, thought-provoking and compelling, intelligent and complicated, as the audience searches for sense in the senseless'
Ed Fest Mag
'Balletic, intelligent, elusive and sometimes funny, with fine supporting music, this is great theatre for those who love the art form'
Three Weeks

Cast & Creatives

Vyte Garriga

Writer & Performer

Simon Gleave

Director

Henry Maynard

Associate Director

Daniel Chrisostomou

Performer

Nick Hart

Composer & Musician

Valentina Turtur

Set Designer

Gallery

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Prices inclusive of a restoration levy and booking fee. These are £1.50 each for Soho Theatre Dean Street and £2.00 each for Soho Theatre Walthamstow. This will show as a commission (cmsn) in the booking process.
Mon 28 Apr 6.45 pm
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Full price £13.00
Members £11.00
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Tue 29 Apr 6.45 pm
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Full price £17.00
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Wed 30 Apr 6.45 pm
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Fri 2 May 6.45 pm
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Full price £22.00
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Sat 3 May 3.00 pm
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Sat 3 May 6.45 pm
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Full price £22.00
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