BLACKBIRD

By David Harrower

Una, a 27-year-old woman, comes to visit Ray, a 55-year-old man, at his office. They are clearly not comfortable in other’s company, and we soon find out why: 15 years before, when Una was only twelve, Ray seduced Una over the course of three months and finally took her away to a hotel for the weekend. Ray spent several years in prison for statutory rape, and Una was ostracized from her community after the incident. Now, she has found him by accident, and the play delves into their complex feelings for each other. Though clearly, and definitionally, sexual abuse has occurred, the play that ensues is also part of a love story — a horrible love story, but a love story all the same.

Director: Gega Gagnidze

Stage and costume designer: Ketevan Nadibaidze

Composer: Noe Kvirkvelia

Cast: Nini Iashvili (Tumanishvili Theatre), Temiko Chichinadze (Rustaveli Theatre), Kato Kiknadze

Premiered on  16 April, 2022