Book description
Glyn Cannon's brilliantly dark and mischievous debut In this darkly
witty exploration of love and relationships Cannon explores how much you
need to see of someone to know they are worth "taking a chance
on". After apparently seeing everything, Shona is to move in with
her boyfriend Dan. Her chronically shy work colleague Edward however
struggles to articulate his feelings when faced with the blind and
erotic Maria. In an innovative staging, their respective evenings unfold
simultaneously on stage, bringing illumination to all concerned. ON
BLINDNESS is published to tie in with a collaboration between three of
the UK's cutting edge companies - Paines Plough, Frantic Assembly and
Graeae - in a production at Soho Theatre. Born 1976, in Tottenham,
North London. On Blindness was first written as one of the lunchtime
readin gs in Wild Lunch VI (produced by Paines Plough and Graeae in May
2002 at the Young Vic) and Glyn was subsequently commissioned to write
the full version. He is currently Paines Plough's Associate Play wright,
a post supported by Arts Council England. On Blindness is his first
professional stage produ ction. Other recent theatre writing includes
Nebuchadnezzar, Coffee and Appalachia (Latchmere Theatr e and BAC) and a
new version of Sophocles' Antigone in development, Gone, produced at
LAMDA. He curr ently teaches part-time at Goldsmiths College, University
of London and Central School of Speech and Drama, and has led writers
workshops as far afield as the Teatr Rozmaitosci, Warsaw.
