![]() ‘As recent government announcements and retractions have so clearly (if clumsily) illustrated, it’s all about the game – all about the winning – for our politicians, and they’ll redefine anything and everything to meet their ever-changing agenda’ added Rachel Baynton. ![]() That manipulation, of language, of ‘truth’, allows for the manipulation of reality and in turn, how we form our world view’. Gillian Lees said ‘In Dead Cats we are investigating the narratives of modern politics and the hierarchies of control that occur through the manipulation of language. ‘Rachel Baynton and Gillian Lees work excellently together (as) the play becomes more and more entertaining, engaging and challenging.’ The Reviews Hub In the witty script by Andrew Westerside, the conversation between unnamed character A (Gillian Lees) and character B (Rachel Baynton) sees them, spar, argue and banter – papering unsavoury truths over with more palatable interpretations. It shows, rather than tells, the truths behind the fictions. In rooms like this the language is laundered, and they redact the names.įollowing its premiére at Köln’s Theatreszene Europa Festival, Dead Cats performed selected UK dates in 2022 and the tour continues into 2023 including dates at Dartington Hall on Friday 19 May and Constantine’s Tolmen Centre on Saturday 20 May.įocussing on media manipulation, governmental lies, political protest, secrecy, democracy, power, and influence, Dead Cats blends new writing, performance, film-making, and an obvious plant. ![]() They cover up their dirty words with clean ones, in rooms like this. In Proto-type’s new show Dead Cats, two characters are in the kind of room where they use phrases like ‘collateral damage’, like ‘extraordinary rendition’, and like ‘perception management’. When one side wins it almost inevitably profits only a select and privileged few. The latest instalment in Proto-type’s satirically provocative Truth to Power series of plays takes you into the room where the lies begin.Ĭontemporary politics is a game without defined rules, where artifice and spin are the tools of choice, and where the moves are made across the boardroom table.
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