Friday 1 Aug 2008

19.05, Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 38 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DD
Free entry. Daily performances.

Performed by Erika Blaxland-de Lange. Directed by Vasile Nedelcu

“You think I’m mentally retarded or too clever: it’s the same thing!” In her constant oscillation between love and hate one woman redefines the delicate margin between madness and sanity…

Saviana Stanescu is a New York-based playwright and poet. She has published books of poetry and drama including: Diary of a Clone and GOOGLE ME! (poems), Waxing West (2007 New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Play) and Final Countdown (a play, Antoine Vitez Center Award, Paris). Her poetry has appeared in Talisman, Poetry London, Metamorphoses, Exquisite Corps, Pen Club magazine, The Temple, Watchword, Absinthe, The Saint Ann’s Review, etc. She toured UK with poetry readings (Bath Literature Festival, Cambridge, Dylan Thomas Centre - Swansea, Salisbury, London, etc). Saviana is currently a NYSCA writer-in-residence with Women’s Project and East Coast Artists. She teaches at NYU, Drama Department.

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