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A family drama about recovery from schizophrenia.

The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland simultaneously stages the first psychotic episodes of a mother and son as they navigate stress and change with fantastical results involving Finnish Folk, Margaret Drabble, Adolf Hitler and the knitted cover for a toilet roll.

Their two interconnected stories are performed to separate but adjoining auditoria in the same theatre space, audible but unseen to each other. At half time they switch seats and the action is replayed, mapping a pathway to recovery through dialogical understanding of their situation.

'A startling piece of work that challenges how you listen and fathom what you hear' - **** The Guardian