MY SHRINKING LIFE, Based on Alison Peebles, Begins Tonight, Sept 8; Tours Scotland thru Oct 2012

MY SHRINKING LIFE is an exciting collaboration between one of Scotland's leading actors, directors and theatre/film makers, Alison Peebles and European experimental theatre-maker, Lies Pauwels. It was during rehearsals for David Greig's THE COSMONAUT'S LAST MESSAGE TO THE WOMAN HE ONCE LOVED IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, when a creeping numbness and too many falls led Alison to her doctor and an eventual diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis.

MY SHRINKING LIFE, created from interviews with family, friends, colleagues and the medical profession, examines the journey Alison has been on physically and emotionally since that first diagnosis in 2001.  Despite her limitations, even because of them, MY SHRINKING LIFE is a very physical piece of theatre, performed by Alison and three dancers; Katie Armstrong, Thomas J Baylis and Hanna Stanbridge. Two additional child actors will play Alison's younger self. Celebratory, irreverent and sometimes surreal, it is the story of Alison and her shrinking life.

The show is directed by Lies Pauwels, an associate of experimental Belgian theatre company, Campo/Victoria,who directed David Harrower's Knives in Hens for The National Theatre of Scotland in 2011.

The show plays at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, from today, 8th to 15th September 2012. It is also touring Scotland until 6th October 2012. A press performance is scheduled for Wednesday, 12th September 2012 at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow.