Resistance
Autumn 2005 International Tour

Extant Theatre in association with Turtle Key Arts present the 2^nd UK tour of

RESISTANCE

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A play, in one act, followed by an epilogue, primarily set in a Gestapo interrogation room in Paris in 1943. A mystery develops from the outset: how could the arrested, blind teenager have anything to do with resistance activities against the occupying Nazi army?

Extant Theatre, tour their highly acclaimed new play Resistance nationally and internationally 21 September – 13 October 2005.

Resistance is a play that explores the extraordinary true story of Jacques Lusseyran, a blind, teenage leader within the French resistance movement of occupied Paris during WWII. In his autobiography "And There Was Light", he tells the tale of how he was blinded in an accident at the age of 8, became a member of the French Resistance: was betrayed, captured and subsequently interrogated by Nazi SS officers, leading to his final incarceration in Buchenwald concentration camp.

Jacques manages to use his blindness as a foil, exposing the prejudices of the Nazis SS; they couldn't believe a blind man capable, and discovers, through his blindness, a deeper perceptualawareness of the world.

Resistance unfolds with a tense and exciting narrative. The action flicks between time, perceptions and perspectives to uncover the deep mystery at its heart.

“it explodes into white-hot light, dark shadows, whispered secrets and mysteries … there are also moments when form and content are matched so perfectly that the sighted catch a tiny glimpse of what it must be like to be visually impaired. Lynn Gardner The Guardian

Adapted for the stage by blind writer Maria Oshodi, Resistance uses physical theatre, experimental dance and live audio description (cleverly included within the script; no audience members have to wear headphones).

“Critics often praise companies for 'courage' in taking avant-garde pieces to mainstream venues. Extant Theatre redefines the word.”

Jeremy Malies Plays International

Darlington Arts

Direction 1- Take any bus to High Row, walk to end of high row towards

HSBC, turn left, head straight, going past a roundabout on your right, cross at traffic lights still heading straight you will come to a church - turn left just before the pelican crossing on to Vane Terrace and the art centre is on the right opposite the park.

Direction 2: Off High Row head up Posthouse Wynd, turn diagonally right at T- junction at the top, you will then be on Duke street. Walking on the right hand side, head straight until you come to a large roundabout with a park just to it's right, walk straight across the park taking the second exit to the left, Arts Centre directly in front.

Paul Robeson Theatre

Nearest tube Hounslow Central on the Piccadilly line – 10 min walk to theatre from here. Directions - Turn left out of tube onto Lampton Road and walk to end. Littlewoods is on the corner where you turn left onto Hounslow High st. This is pedestrianised. Walking 200 metres up here you want the second entrance into the Treaty shopping centre on the right, opposite Superdrug and Barclay’s bank. Just inside the shopping centre entrance, on the left, past Claire’s Accessories are double glass doors, which push open and inside, straight ahead, is the box office.

Nearest main line is Hounslow (trains from Waterloo) 10 mins from main line St. Out of entrance, turn right and follow Whitton Road, crossing three sets of traffic lights where it becomes Bell road. Walk past the Bell pub and at top turn right into pedestrian Hounslow High St, where Treaty shopping centre entrance is on your left.

Buses - 81, 110, 111, 116, 117, 120, 203, 222, 235, 237, 281, 820, H23, H28, H32, H98, and N 9. There are two bus stops close to the Treaty Centre – one stops near Superdrug, opposite the shopping centre entrance for the theatre, the other stops behind the shopping centre on the main road and you will need to walk around to reach the front of the shopping centre.

Nottingham Arts Theatre

Driving - Patrons are advised to use the NCP car parks nearby as there is limited on street parking (pay and display) outside the theatre. The nearest secure car parks are Victoria Centre, Fletcher Gate and Stoney Street. All are only a five-minute walk away.

Rail/bus. - To get to the Theatre from Nottingham Rail Station you could use any service to City - City Loop services pass right by the Train Station - Green services 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
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All above buses stop outside the theatre on George Street.

Tram - If you use NET- the tram service please note that the closest tram stop is Lace Market located at the top of Fletcher Gate and Victoria Street. Getting off on that tram stop you should walk up Fletcher Gate to the junction at the top (about 1min), then turn right and 1^st left by the Comfort Hotel onto George Street. The Arts Theatre is on the right.

You could also get off the tram at the Old Market Square. Then you could walk up Victoria Street towards the junction at the top. George Street is on the left where the Comfort Hotel is situated.

Dorton House School

Nearest station Seven Oaks from waterloo East. 5/6 min taxi journey – pick up taxis from outside station.

Square Chapel Arts

Halifax station directly opposite theatre (On line from Leeds to Manchester via Bradford)

10 min walk from bus station on same side of the road

Albany Theatre

Access to venue - 2 min walk from Deptford and New Cross stations, both from London Bridge. Out of Deptford station turn right along Deptford High St, walk, for 2 mins, then turn right onto Douglas Way – The Albany is the biggest building on the right on this pedestrian road.

Out of new cross station, turn left and walk for 2 mins up Amersham Vale. On the right are some gardens with a path cutting across – take this and at the end is Watson St. Cross this road by the zebra crossing in front of you, and straight ahead is Douglas way with the Albany on the left.

On bus routes 21, 36, 47, 53, 136, 177, 188, 199, 225 (Buses do not run down Deptford High St - alight at new Cross St.)