Nation

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Theatre (contemporary, storytelling)

  • Accessibility:
    Audio enhancement system
    Wheelchair Accessible Toilets
    Captioning
    Relaxed Performance
    May not apply to all performances. You'll find more information about accessibile performances and how to book tickets in the accessibility tab below.
  • Babes in arms policy: Babies do not require a ticket
  • Policy applies to: Children under 2 years
Please note, latecomers may not be admitted.

Description

'Here we all are... sat together in one room. One room. One audience. One… beautiful nation'. From the creator of We Were Promised Honey! and Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist comes a new experiment in storytelling. It’s the story of a nation. It’s the story of a theatre. It’s the story of an audience. Outside there are people trying to get in. And in the middle of the room… apparently a show is taking place. ‘YESYESNONO make shows that feel completely different to anybody else’ (Exeunt). Off West End Award finalist, 2022. Best Production, Total Theatre Award.

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General venue access

  • Audio enhancement system
    Wheelchair Accessible Toilets
    Captioning
    Relaxed Performance
  • Accessible entry: Once in the Courtyard, standing facing the Royal Dick pub take the alleyway to the left. Roundabout is the Yellow Tent in front of you. Permanent ramp to access Courtyard. Performance space is on Ground Floor

    • Wheelchair access type: Permanent Ramp, Level Access

  • Stairs: Information not supplied

Each venue can contain several space with different accessibly information. Visit the venue page for full venue accessibility info

Captioned performances

  • Dates: 7 August, 8 August, 9 August, 10 August, 11 August, 12 August, 14 August, 15 August, 16 August, 17 August, 18 August, 19 August, 21 August, 22 August, 24 August, 23 August, 25 August, 26 August, 5 August
  • Type: Closed (Tablet)
  • Booking options: You can book independently online, or contact our access team to book your tickets and request any specific seating locations or if booking a unit is required.

Relaxed performances

  • Dates: 1 August, 2 August, 3 August, 10 August, 9 August, 8 August, 7 August, 5 August, 4 August, 11 August, 12 August, 14 August, 15 August, 16 August, 17 August, 24 August, 23 August, 22 August, 21 August, 19 August, 26 August, 25 August, 18 August
  • Booking options: You can book independently online, or contact our access team for more information or to discuss any accessibility requirements.
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  • Additional information: Information not supplied

Be aware that this show features:

  • Audience required to sing/speak along with/for performer
  • Performer goes into audience area
  • Total Audience Black Out
  • Permission to move around and make noise
  • Permission to engage with performer
  • Show guide or synopsis or character list

Show does not feature:

  • Flashing Lights/Strobed Lighting
  • Loud/repetitive/high pitched/unexpected or overlapping sound
  • Distinctive smells
  • Special effects (e.g. smoke/bubbles/pyrotechnics)
  • Latex balloons
  • Characters expressing anger
  • Heavily dialogue-driven scenes
  • Audience required to walk around
  • Audience required to undertake directed movement
  • Audience invited on stage
  • An intermission
  • Audience chill out area

How and when to make an access booking

Our access tickets service is available to anyone who:

  • Would like to book specific accessibility services, e.g. a hearing loop, audio description headsets, captioning units, seating in relation to the location of the BSL interpreter
  • Requires extra assistance when at a venue
  • Has specific seating requirements
  • Is a wheelchair user
  • Requires a complimentary personal assistant ticket to attend a performance

This show has chosen to opt out of audience reviews.

Participants - for further details on our audience and published review policies, including how to add or opt out of reviews, please click here.

A Young(ish) Perspective (5/5 stars) 26 days ago

A triumph of the power of theatre and what the magic of people in a room can do, Nation is a thoroughly captivating production from YESYESNONO.

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Theatre Travels 27 days ago

It’s a clever premise and confidently delivered

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The Scotsman (4/5 stars) 30 days ago

A deeply timely tale emerges ... Nation tells an arresting allegory of immigration and hostile environments, it is interrogating something much more insidious and deep-rooted at its core.

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The Student (4.5/5 stars) 34 days ago

Ward breaks the boundary between performer and audience.

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The Guardian 39 days ago

Haze lighting, distorted, eerie music and Ward’s aloofness make this show highly atmospheric.

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North West End UK (4/5 stars) 42 days ago

Brilliantly acted, with an intensity and purpose that never wavers, and ensures everyone present sits up and takes notice.

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Broadway Baby (3/5 stars) 42 days ago

a solid piece of smartly constructed theatre with a strong central performance

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British Theatre Guide (3/5 stars) 43 days ago

YESYESNONO’s ambitious new play invites us to scrutinise the fear at the core of xenophobia, the blaming of “the other” for the disappearance of a perceived social identity—and, we are told, we are that society, we create that identity.

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EdinburghGuide.com (4/5 stars) 44 days ago

A hypnotic performance

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