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On the Verge of Exploding

1993

A woman in black sits on a rocking horse while another woman pushes her frantically from behind

Told by an Idiot's first production takes a brief tale from Marquez's One Hundred Years Of Solitude and transforms it with simplicity into a poignant tragedy as young Meme's mother fiercely and ultimately unsuccessfully guards her from contact with men.

Creative team

Directed by John Wright

Performed by Hayley Carmichael and Paul Hunter

Dates

August 2003 The Pleasance, Edinburgh

Reviews

The Times on On the Verge of Exploding

This is such a fabulous piece of theatre you think you are going to burst.

South African Independent on On the Verge of Exploding

A marvellous cast is explosive in this set of fluid images of passion and madness.