Web of Life Blurb and Synopsis. A nightclub. Two women, Polarised, With crucial choices, Governed by shocking truths… A play where throbbing trance and classical melodies intertwine, Embellishing their journey’s but belying the pain within, an inexplicable pain, an insurmountable grief. An unexpected hope. World of the Play “Fleetingly and not necessarily knowingly, a choice brushes past you like a leaf in the breeze, you reach out and grab it. What will you do with it?” When the most personal and shattering events upon us, how do we cope? How do we deal with the choices thrust upon us? How will that affect our next choice? Web of Life encompasses two worlds, one is reality, the other is fate. These two worlds are intertwined and inexplicably bound to each other throughout the play, looking at the web in which humans entangle themselves as they choose their life, but not necessarily their destiny. Do we live for yesterday or tomorrow? Web of Life explores how the world of fate plays and teases, but ultimately controls the present reality, through hallucinations and fantasy, changing identity, as well as pausing, rewinding and recommencing the action of the present. The story is interwoven with the two opposite styles of classical and electronic dance music, to further enhance the words of the play and the two women’s juxtaposing lives. Web of Life uses the worlds of terminal illness and drug addiction to illustrate how major life events challenge our perception of life, the choices we make and how we relate to those closest to us. Story of the Play Shauna is a successful interior designer. Her biggest achievement is becoming a partner in her firm. She has the ideal relationship, friends, and family, and is now ready for a baby, all before the age of thirty. To the outside eye, her life is perfect. Or is it? Melissa has lived in twenty-one different foster homes, never seen her mother straight, and is very quickly heading down the same path. Numbing her mind from the world, and her lack of desire to live in it, she sells her body for drugs and parties hard in the rave scene. She is the master of escapism. Her biggest achievement is suffering another overdose. To the outside eye, her life is over. Or is it? Melissa and Shauna are sisters, but have never met until the larger than life, mysterious, and enigmatic character, Spirityder, decides that they will. He is the puppeteer, changing identity, and manipulating scenes. He informs the two women that they are going to die. Shauna is diagnosed with ovarian cancer after her regular pregnancy check up, and consequently has a complete hysterectomy. Melissa survives the overdose but is made aware that next time she will not be so lucky. Spirityder takes the women on a rollercoaster ride of emotions where the two are forced not only to make choices about their predicaments that they otherwise would not have had to make, but also to embrace a bond bound by blood. With Shauna only having six months to live, they must accept, learn, love, and finally let each other go again. Spirityder, who by playing the piano, uses the music to describe and link these very different women. He has a secret. Like all secrets, it will be revealed in time. web of life
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