Fault
Written & directed by: Tamara Rosenwyn
Produced by: Lizard Arts, Film & Theatre Association. All rights reserved.
Props & Costume by: Gillian Higgs
Light & Sound by: Annie Hills
Awards: Nominated for "Technical Achievement", Cornwall Drama Association.
Synopsis:
Kenza Trewin returns to her childhood home, a cliff-top bungalow overlooking Kennack Sands. At 30, disillusioned with modern life, she wants to reconnect with her Cornish roots whilst grappling with the loss of her brother and best friend, Bobby, who passed away two years prior. Through self-reflection and memory, she finds herself on a quest to "lay her ghosts to rest."
As she sorts through her late grandparents' belongings, Kenza is flooded with memories of her childhood with Bobby, who was born blind. Through film, we see the games they would play as children, her trying to protect Bobby from the things she didn't want him to see because despite the joy she shared with her brother, the unspoken absence of their parents looms large. Dealing with her grief and feelings that it was her fault Bobby tragically passed, she now finds herself seeking refuge in alcohol.
Enter Mr. Skins, the new lodger - an old, eccentric, mercurial man dressed in steampunk attire. Unbeknownst to them, the Otherworld Sprites have orchestrated their meeting. As a man who understands how to un-trap snagged spirits, Mr Skins feels a calling to help free a spirit in the house, but he has no idea that this is the spirit of Kenza's deceased brother Bobby, trapped in both the serpentine stone around the house and Kenza’s guilt.
Kenza's nosy neighbor, Janet, distrusts Mr. Skins, comparing him unfavourably to his revered mother, Wenna the Pellar, a well-respected healer who didn't need "none o' these new-fangled devices" like Mr Skins' modern contraption, a battery-powered "Bicycle To The Beyond".
Meanwhile, the Queen of The Otherworld grows frustrated with her Sprites, who are failing to fulfill their promise of resolving the spirits’ unrest.
Through Janet's wisdom about healing and guiding spirits, Kenza and Mr. Skins realise that they can only move on when they confront their feelings of unworthiness and guilt.
This play weaves Celtic Pagan themes with earthy Cornish humour, exploring the transition of departed souls and the emotional journeys of the living. The title encapsulates both the fault lines between the spirit and mortal realms and the characters' internal conflicts, symbolised by cracks in Cornish stones that link these intertwined ‘faults.’
Produced by: Lizard Arts, Film & Theatre Association. All rights reserved.
Props & Costume by: Gillian Higgs
Light & Sound by: Annie Hills
Awards: Nominated for "Technical Achievement", Cornwall Drama Association.
Synopsis:
Kenza Trewin returns to her childhood home, a cliff-top bungalow overlooking Kennack Sands. At 30, disillusioned with modern life, she wants to reconnect with her Cornish roots whilst grappling with the loss of her brother and best friend, Bobby, who passed away two years prior. Through self-reflection and memory, she finds herself on a quest to "lay her ghosts to rest."
As she sorts through her late grandparents' belongings, Kenza is flooded with memories of her childhood with Bobby, who was born blind. Through film, we see the games they would play as children, her trying to protect Bobby from the things she didn't want him to see because despite the joy she shared with her brother, the unspoken absence of their parents looms large. Dealing with her grief and feelings that it was her fault Bobby tragically passed, she now finds herself seeking refuge in alcohol.
Enter Mr. Skins, the new lodger - an old, eccentric, mercurial man dressed in steampunk attire. Unbeknownst to them, the Otherworld Sprites have orchestrated their meeting. As a man who understands how to un-trap snagged spirits, Mr Skins feels a calling to help free a spirit in the house, but he has no idea that this is the spirit of Kenza's deceased brother Bobby, trapped in both the serpentine stone around the house and Kenza’s guilt.
Kenza's nosy neighbor, Janet, distrusts Mr. Skins, comparing him unfavourably to his revered mother, Wenna the Pellar, a well-respected healer who didn't need "none o' these new-fangled devices" like Mr Skins' modern contraption, a battery-powered "Bicycle To The Beyond".
Meanwhile, the Queen of The Otherworld grows frustrated with her Sprites, who are failing to fulfill their promise of resolving the spirits’ unrest.
Through Janet's wisdom about healing and guiding spirits, Kenza and Mr. Skins realise that they can only move on when they confront their feelings of unworthiness and guilt.
This play weaves Celtic Pagan themes with earthy Cornish humour, exploring the transition of departed souls and the emotional journeys of the living. The title encapsulates both the fault lines between the spirit and mortal realms and the characters' internal conflicts, symbolised by cracks in Cornish stones that link these intertwined ‘faults.’