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Pressure Drop
Written by international award-winning director Mick Gordon, this drama of passion and prejudice takes us to the heart of one family's struggle to define home. Also features songs and lyrics from iconic musician and writer Billy Bragg, who writes from a socialist rather than a jingoistic perspective of identity.
Grace
Grace is a professor of natural science and a ruthless atheist; her son Tom is a barrister who abandons the law to pursue his faith, causing mother and son to collide disastrously. Grace unfolds into a brilliantly considered exploration of the complex issues of faith and religion, and a devastatingly powerful family drama.
Theatre and the Mind
In this collection of seven provocative essays, acclaimed theatre director and playwright Mick Gordon argues that the theatre represents a physical corollary of the invisible workings of our minds. In this publication the award-winning Gordon draws upon his five years experience working with leading neurologists and cognitive psychologists, a period during which he produced two plays exploring the neurological basis of identity and emotion. Gordon contends that the narratives and archetypes common to the theatre reflect the hidden paradigms of our minds, and that theatrical exploration echos our subconscious urge for morality.
Bea
Following their acclaimed shows On Ego, On Religion, On Emotion and On Love the On Theatre now tackle empathy, in an exploration of the expanse and limits of our capacity to understand one another. Bea is lively, naughty and full of life. When she asks something of her mother that no parent would want to be asked, and of her only friend ‘Not Gay Ray’, they are both forced to challenge the boundaries of their own compassion.
On Love
How does love work? A joyous and poignant collection of love stories, molded into an adventure playground of the heart, On Love is an exhilarating account of love in its many guises.
Conversations on Truth
Following Conversations on Religion (Continuum 2008), here is a fascinating line up of original interviews tackling one of today's most vexing issues - that of truth. These discussions explore the question of what truth is, and what role it has in private, public, political and scientific discourses. Some thinkers, see truth as something concrete and immutable, others believe that it is an essentially meaningless concept. And for many contributors it is the practical application of truth which engages them. Each fascinating chapter explores the subject from a new angle, including Nick Davies and Peter Wilby's view on truth in the media, Prof. Martin Kusch's reflections in relation to science and Mary Warnock's consideration of truth in the context of ethics and art. Other contributors include Mary Midgely, Noam Chomsky and A. C. Grayling. This is a book of quite exceptional interest and importance.
On Emotion
Are we just the puppet of our emotions? No aspect of our mental life is more important to the quality and meaning of our existence than emotions. They are what make life worth living, or sometimes ending. They are what motivate our behaviour and influence our beliefs. Maverick Theatre-maker Mick Gordon and neuropsychologist Paul Broks join forces with acclaimed puppeteers, Blind Summit, to use and abuse the tools of the theatre, an art form which creates and manipulates feelings, to explore the complicated and crucial arena of human emotion. On Emotion opened at the Soho Theatre on 5th November 2008.
On Ego
Inspired by 'Into the Silent Land' by Paul Broks How does the brain create a sense of self? A poetic journey into the science of the mind. A philosopher watches as his wife's brain tumour changes her personality. Ego theory and Bundle theory collide in a struggle to define identity. A startling exposé of the illusion of self.
On Religion
Featuring an exploration of a controversial subject, this book talks about the complex issues of faith and religion.
On Death
Inspired by "Intimate Death" by Marie de Hennezel
