PRESS RELEASE
Issued: 22 July
INHERITING ABSENCE
RESTITUTION : PREMIERES AT EDINBURGH FRINGE
Written by Emily Juniper and Directed by Chris Lincé
Robert has one objective – to find the painting stolen from his Grandparents by Nazis. His quest takes him to a modest German gallery where he finds the artwork. Problems arise when the Gallery assistant is unwilling to return it to him. We discover that she has claims of her own on the painting. The fate of a man’s heritage hangs in the balance.
Can 70 years of grieving be absolved with a picture? Evocative, touching and ultimately thought provoking, Restitution follows two characters on a complex and compelling journey through a labyrinth of art, tyranny and inheritance.
Approximately 20% of Western art was looted by Nazis, and there are well over 100,000 items that have not been returned to their rightful owners. The story is fictional but the painting the play focuses on is one such case, Hero und der trauernde Amor by Eduard Bendermann, which remains lost to the estate of Max Stern.
Emily Juniper, from last years if.comedy award winning show, is Berta and Peter Tilley is ‘Robert’ in the Edinburgh Fringe performance of Restitution, directed by Chris Lincé.
Restitution is at Rocket Venue (Roxy 3) 3:45-4:45, Preview 31 July – 2 August
Runs daily 3 August – 25 August. (not the 10th or 17th) £8.00/£5.00 concessions
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