Drowning Lilies
Tear them apart if you have the heart
Last November, Aleateia presented Drowning Lilies at the MITP, a play about the merging personalities of siamese twins. Set in America during the late 1920's, Drowning Lilies tells the story of Liliana and Emiliana Fogli who both fall in love with the poet Edmund Zanter.
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Photos by Gilbert Guillaumier, Nov. 2004 |
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The new, one-act version is tighter and faster. It will be presented in Malta at the MITP Theatre in St Christopher Street, Valletta on the 29th, 30th and 31st of July at 8pm as part of Evenings on Campus. Following that, Drowning Lilies will be performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival everyday from the 16th to the 20th of August.
Click here for poems by Zanter
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Photos by Aldo Cauchi Savona, July 2005 |
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Cast:
Edmund Zanter - Chris Galea
Emiliana Fogli - Dorothy Baldacchino
Liliana Fogli - Sephora Gauci
La Signora Fogli - Loranne Vella
Mr Ironwood - Gilbert Micallef
Miss Steppendolf - Olwyn Jo Saliba
Miss Pume - Veronica Stivala
Mr Jay - Joseph Vella
Original musical score by Chris Galea
Written and Directed by Simon Bartolo
Drowning Lilies painting by Vanni Pule'
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"Should we impose our values on others at the cost of their happiness? Should we allow our shared cultural values to be taken over by new "cool" ones at the expense of our contentment? This is the theme explored by this intriguing play. On one level it is a story about Siamese twins who are happy to live sharing a hip, and the reaction the world has towards them, finally persuading them to conform to the value of independent living. Their delight in being one is truly enchanting.
On another I felt it was a commentary about the value the western world puts on individualism and how this emphasis is destroying other collective cultures which are based much more on interdependence and the importance of the togetherness. The consequences of the loss in connectiveness is brought out poignantly and leaves in the viewer a sense of the great emptiness that being 'free' can offer. "
Mary Ann Borg Cunen
Psychology Department
University of Malta
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5-Star Review - British Theatre Guide
1-Dram Review - Edinburgh Guide