Featuring live music and dance, Flying Into Daylight tells the story of Virginia, a young woman who, having recently recovered from cancer, leaves her job at an art auction house and journeys to Buenos Aires to find herself. Along the way, she discovers Tango, which reignites her passion for art.
Her adventure is bookmarked by two illuminating scenes in which she delivers a lecture on the painter Francis Bacon. Francis Bacon’s Triptych May-June, 1973 is projected onto the stage, serving to illustrate the discoveries she has made about life, death, art and the body.
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Images from top: Summer Strallen and Jos Vantyler in 'Flying Into Daylight' written by Ron Hutchinson, Live Theatre Newcastle, Image couresy of Live Theatre; Triptych May-June, 1973, Francis Bacon © The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved, DACS 2014. Photographed by Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd