Eight
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Monday, 6 July 2009 -
Saturday, 25 July 2009
Times : 15:00 - 16:05 19:45 - 20:50
Times : 15:00 - 16:05 19:45 - 20:50
Trafalgar Studios, 14 Whitehall, Westminster, SW1A 2DY
Theatre: , Melodrama
How Much:
£20.00 (Tickets)
, £18.00 (Concessions)
Read Gemma's review of Eight at Trafalgar Studios.
Ella Hickson is a bright new theatrical talent whose first show (which this is) took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm this year, winning awards, praise and sell-out crowds. Eight transfers to the Trafalgar for a strictly limited run this summer and we're excited to see it.
The idea is simple. On entering the theatre, every member of the audience is given a menu of eight characters aged between 20 and 35, and asked which they would like to hear from. An ex-soldier perhaps? A single mum? A survivor from a terrorist bomb? After the votes are counted, the four most popular characters present 15-minute monologues, producing a gripping and constantly varied portrait of British youth.
It only works of course because of great writing, brilliant direction and fantastic actors but apparently this show is thrilling, heartbreaking and utterly convincing.
Ella Hickson is a bright new theatrical talent whose first show (which this is) took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm this year, winning awards, praise and sell-out crowds. Eight transfers to the Trafalgar for a strictly limited run this summer and we're excited to see it.
The idea is simple. On entering the theatre, every member of the audience is given a menu of eight characters aged between 20 and 35, and asked which they would like to hear from. An ex-soldier perhaps? A single mum? A survivor from a terrorist bomb? After the votes are counted, the four most popular characters present 15-minute monologues, producing a gripping and constantly varied portrait of British youth.
It only works of course because of great writing, brilliant direction and fantastic actors but apparently this show is thrilling, heartbreaking and utterly convincing.
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