As the concept of "Vanishing" twins spreads around the world, gathering other ideas as it goes, here we have a new play called "Vanishing Twins" which played at the Halifax Fringe last week. [link]
Drawing on autobiography and classical mythology, Vanishing Twins is a new Greek tragedy about the unpredictability of life and the effects of terminal disease on a young family.
Castor and Pollux, the Gemini, are re-imagined as twin brothers born under mysterious circumstances, one of whom is blessed with immortality, while the other battles cancer. The play depicts the Gemini’s family through a series of confessionals as they attempt to understand the boys, their disease, and the constellation they left behind. Vanishing Twins is an exploration of silence, loss, and the aftermath of self-sacrifice.
Interesting....
When a twin dies before birth, the sole survivor needs help and understanding. Womb twin survivors are the sole survivors of a twin or multiple pregnancy. This group, 1 in 10 of the population, includes survivors of a stillbirth, miscarriage, abortion and a "vanishing twin" pregnancy. It is a story of a twin bond broken by death, leaving a lonely survivor.
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