How much leverage do we have over our fate and how much do our burdens and trauma determine our destiny?
Controlled Burn is about two sisters who are very different daughters living under the shadow of their controlling mother.
Family myth-making and the flames of competing truths threaten to smother this caustic love. But, perhaps from the scorched earth, real freedom and compassion may grow.
How do we connect all the threads of our lives, and avoid the ones that weave a tangled web of burning resentment?
A show of three intertwining perspectives fusing personal stories, musicality, and movement.
"Our children live in the most deprived ward in London and their parents cannot afford to pay for the classes and activities many more privileged children enjoy after school and at the weekends. A free-to-access youth group run by a local theatre in a professional setting is an incredible opportunity."
Local school teacher
