A new one-woman show delves into into the different stages of mourning, and puts a magic realist spin on dealing with grief.
Inspired by a break-up and over 40 interviews from a social media call out, Gabriela Flarys’ Deluge asks
questions about how we deal with loss and who we are in the wake of loss, set in the magical
realism world of a leaky house; as a woman tries to contain the overflow of her thoughts in the wake
of her relationship ending, the leaks grow bigger and the water around her rises.
The one hour show fuses theatre and comedy with physicality, text, clowning, original music and projection.
Creator Gabriela Flarys said, “I was thinking a lot about loss during Covid as we were all losing so
much at that time whether break-ups or just our freedom because of lockdown. I didn’t know what to
expect from the social media call out but lots of people were having the same emotions and from
there the show was born.
“Though we’re talking about some dark topics, the show uses comedy to
show how if we face those more negative emotions head on, we’ll ultimately be better for it.”
- Deluge is at The Garage, Norwich on 30 January 2025 as part of a national tour.
