Review: Magnificent "And the Rope Still Tugging Her Feet" Washes Ashore at NYC's FRIGID Festival
And the Rope Still Tugging Her Feet Written and performed by Caroline Burns Cooke Directed by Colin Watkeys Presented at UNDER St. Marks 94 St. Marks Place, Manhattan, NYC Thursday, Feb. 20 at 5:30pm; Saturday, Feb. 22 at 7:10pm; Sunday, Feb. 23 at 1:50pm; Monday, Feb. 24 at 7:10pm; Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 5:30pm; Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 10:30pm Tickets available here . Caroline Burns Cooke. Image courtesy of the artist. And the Rope Still Tugging Her Feet , the award-winning, incandescent solo show from U.K. artist Caroline Burns Cooke, begins with peals of thunder and Cooke falling flat amidst prayers in a storm. This moment will appear again near the end of the play, heartrendingly recontextualized. What we have seen in the meantime is one of the stand-out productions of the 2020 FRIGID Festival and a sobering yet hopeful reminder of what happens when women and their bodies are subjected to the control of institutionalized patriarchy. When Cooke enters in the storm...