Immersive Art Exhibition; Moving, Funny, brain boggling.
Minnie Rubinski, now in her eighties and living in a care home, looks back on her fantastic life. But what is real and what is fantasy – and does it really matter?
The Fantastic Life of Minnie Rubinski is exhibition theatre. Audiences enter a giant brain, hear Minnie’s fragmented thoughts and follow pulsing synapses to where her memories are stored. Her recollections from childhood to the present day are recounted through filmed vignettes with characters played by a cast of beautifully carved marionettes, placed in perfectly detailed period sets, inviting audience members to piece together her remarkable life story.
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Created by a team of puppeteers, filmmakers, set designers and prop masters, the production is inspired by creative director Kim Bergsagel’s experience of her mother’s life. Adapted from fragments of phone calls and family anecdotes, the story is funny, sad and at times nonsensical.
Kim explains, My mother, born in New York State in 1934, had a colourful life which according to her stories became more varied and diverse the older she got. Her careers ranged from being a classical pianist to an investigative journalist and by the time the COVID pandemic began, she was ready to save the world with her medical knowledge and believed the world was waiting for her to do so. The production was made during 2020-22 in recognition of my incredible mother.”
Listings
The Fantastic Life of Minnie Rubinski: 17 Novemember - 28 November
JW3, 341-351 Finchley Road, London, NW3 6ET
In the Dorfman Piazza
Timed entry from 11am – 6pm.
6 audience members per entry – every 30 minutes
Tickets £10 - The Fantastic Life of Minnie Rubinski | JW3
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