The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland

By Jon Haynes (Ridiculusmus) and David Woods (Ridiculusmus)

Mediterranean roasted vegetables. Finnish Folk and Margaret Drabble. Adolf Hitler and the knitted cover for a toilet roll. An audience split in two experiencing auditory hallucinations.

The new work from acclaimed theatre company Ridiculusmus is inspired by a treatment method for psychosis that has virtually eradicated schizophrenia from Western Lapland. The text is syncopated and harmonised throughout with duets on words and phrases, cooking up a dizzying concoction of memory, delusion and reality that culminates in a unified third act of denouement set between the past and present - the crucial defining moment of the protagonist's life. It conjures up a comic nightmare of delusion while offering a hopeful world of polyphonic uncertainty, a world where dialogue can transform your life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783191082
• ISBN13: 9781783191086
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"