Lie Low

Theatre (new writing, drama)

Venue 15
Traverse Theatre - Traverse 2
13:45
Aug 27
1 hour 10 minutes
Suitability: 16+ (Guideline)
Country: United Kingdom - Northern Ireland
Group: Ciara Elizabeth Smyth and Prime Cut Productions
Warnings and additional info: Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Nudity, Scenes of sexual violence

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Description

Faye's afraid. She's not sleeping, she doesn't trust ducks and all she's had to eat this week is a box of dry Rice Krispies. A doctor recommends a form of exposure therapy, so Faye enlists the help of her brother, Naoise. But Naoise has a devastating secret that's about to explode. Lie Low is the award-winning, critically acclaimed dark, funny and surreal new play by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth described by critics as 'a masterclass' and 'gripping entertainment'.

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Across The Arts (3/5 stars) 93 days ago

An excellent performance that is more than worthy of the price of admission.

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Bouquets & Brickbats (4/5 stars) 96 days ago

Lie Low is a masterclass in precision and exactitude, every move carefully choreographed.

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The Telegraph (4/5 stars) 104 days ago

Addresses a post-MeToo climate of contention and mistrust, in which there remains a thin line between being believed and seen, and being discounted and erased. Recommended.

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British Theatre Guide (4/5 stars) 107 days ago

[A] funny, dark dream written deftly by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth and creatively directed by Oisin Karney.

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BritishTheatre.com (3/5 stars) 108 days ago

Intriguing.

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The Skinny (4/5 stars) 109 days ago

The UK premiere of Lie Low captures shame, interrogates culpability, and holds a mirror up to the fraught dynamics of accountability.

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Broadway World (4/5 stars) 114 days ago

Emotionally charged, Lie Low looks at different perspectives of similar events and makes for uncomfortable and essential viewing.

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Fringe Review 114 days ago

An electrically sharp, unusual, often blisteringly funny, breathless blitz of a show.

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Disrupting Stages 114 days ago

Taking an absurdist approach to sexual consent and false memory, this 70-minute drama shifts disarmingly from absurd humour to tense confrontation. The play keeps peeling open like an onion.

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