Written by Claire Dowie 

Directed by Nicole Sarah McManus

Darren Lindsay, Actor. 

Emerald Victoria Randall, Actor.

Mariusz Kiklica, Actor.

Tanya MacDonald, Actor. 

​

Originally, Adult Child/Dead Child was written as a one-person show. While continuing to utilise the striking dialogue, McManus adapted Adult Child/Dead Child into an innovative physical theatre piece for four utilising multiple characterisation to explore mental illness.

​

Performed April 1st, 2017 at Edinburgh College in one of the PASS studio's.

​

 Synopsis:

 

"You stop trusting the adults because they have the power

they have the power but won't help

so you don't trust them, they are against you"

​

How do we cope without love? The need for love and care, and the trauma that's brought about by its absence is the heart of Claire Dowie's Adult Child/Dead Child. 

​

The unnamed protagonist is confronted throughout their life with excessive discipline and punishment from their parents.  Throughout the play we see the building tension that comes from living with parents who would rather chastise than show love. 

​

The protagonist's only comfort comes in the shape of their imaginary friend, Benji, who becomes company of sorts, only to turn into something more troubling and sinister as their condition intensifies.