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Soho Theatre Upstairs
Performed by the audience
Writer & Director: Nathan Ellis
Creative Producer: Emily Davis
Technical Designer: Harry Halliday
Composer & Sound Designer: Tom Foskett-Barnes
Dramaturgy: Sam Ward, Ben Kulvichit
Additional Dramaturgy: Charlotte Fraser, Grace Venning
Associate Producer: Antonia Georgieva
Opening Date: 1st March 2022
Production Photographer: Alex Brenner
NOMINATION: IDEA PRODUCTION
Offie Awards 2022
(IDEA: Innovative, Devised, Experimental, Atypical)
WINNER: BEST FILM & DIGITAL OR INTERACTIVE AWARD
Adelaide Fringe Festival Awards 2023
WINNER: TECHNICAL INNOVATION AWARD
Dublin Fringe Festival Awards 2023
“An initial task invites the audience to lay wooden blocks in any way they would like in the space, and these are then lit beautifully in sunrise tones by Danny Vavrečka to bring to life a city in miniature. ”
“There’s a deeply existential aspect to the experience in its premise about accepting that we are both present and ephemeral, unique and groupable, essential and replaceable. Ellis’ text scratches that therapeutic itch, with backup from Danny Vavrečka’s moodily colourful lighting design.”
“The show effortlessly navigates its bold choices, never feeling like a gimmick thanks to its witty text, lighting and sound design.”
FURTHER PRODUCTIONS
CHINA — China Tour — January 2024 - January 2025
MACAO, CHINA — Macao Cultural Centre — January 2024
SHANGHAI, CHINA — Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre — January 2024
WAREGEM, BELGIUM — CC De Schakel, NEXT Arts Festival — November 2023
CAIRO, EGYPT — Rawabet Theatre — October 2023
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND — Downstairs at the MAC, Belfast International Arts Festival — October 2023
NOTTINGHAM, UK — Nottingham Playhouse, Amplify Festival — October 2023
TORONTO, CANADA — Franco Boni Theatre, The Theatre Centre — September 2023
DUBLIN, IRELAND — Project Arts Centre, Dublin Fringe Festival — September 2023
GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS — Noorderzon Festival — August 2023
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL — Festival Internacional de Teatro de São José do Rio Preto — July 2023
ITALY — Italian Tour — June 2023 - June 2025
FÜRTH, GERMANY — Kulturforum, figuren.theater.festival — May 2023
ANCONA, ITALY — Teatro delle Muse — May 2023
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA — Little Theatre, Electric Dreams Festival — February / March 2023
MAINZ, GERMANY — Studiobühne U17, Staatstheater Mainz — October 2022
EDINBURGH, UK — Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival — August 2022
BRIGHTON, UK — Caravan Assembly, Brighton Festival — May 2022