The Sun Apparatus Theatre Company premiered its first work, 'Unprescribed', at Chelsea Theatre in London in August 2013. About 'Unprescribed':
'Unprescribed' invites its audience to a 'Centre' that proposes and explores various coping mechanisms for contemporary problems. Four performers bring modern society's fascination with structure, power, control, fear and obsession to the stage.
'Unprescribed' commences as the audience is invited into the theatre by Dr Blink, the leader of the 'Centre'. She invites the audience to "view our treatments, from the purifying room to the relaxation station." Patients and audience are encouraged to eradicate any 'abnormal' feelings of fear, anxiety or obsession. Dr Blink leads the patients through a series of exercises, assisted by her silent assistant. As the programme progresses, however, differences between what is real and what is surreal become increasingly blurred. Who really is this silent assistant, for example, and why is she wearing such an odd hat? Is she really so silent after all?
'Unprescribed' asks whether our fears, anxieties and obsessions can or even should be cured, and whether those in control are perhaps the ones most in need of treatment. The story is told through imaginative 'treatments', storytelling, comedy, song and dance.
'Unprescribed' was first shown as a work in progress at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama in June 2013, and later premiered in its completed form at Chelsea Theatre in London on 10 August 2013. Core collaborators: Dana Etgar, Justina Kaminskaite, Sarah Kenney, Katherine Vince
