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Theatre (new writing)

  • Venue 33
    Pleasance Courtyard - Beside
  • 11:30
  • Aug 13
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
  • Suitability: 12+ (Guideline)
  • Country: United States
  • Group: Pepperdine Scotland
  • Warnings and additional info: This show contains flashing lights, distressing or potentially triggering themes including grief, death and the climate crisis.
  • Accessibility:
    Audio enhancement system
    Wheelchair Accessible Toilets
    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

Description

Maddy is worried that no one is having fun at her party. Her sister Lily is worried that the world is falling apart. As this group of friends gather on a mountaintop, watching the sunset, a wildfire sparks in the forest below. They drink beer and talk nonsense while the flames race toward them. From award winners Pepperdine Scotland and playwright Lewis Hetherington, this world premiere is about young people finding fragile hope in the face of an overwhelming environmental threat, carrying the flickering flame of belief that things might yet be alright.

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General venue access

  • Audio enhancement system
    Wheelchair Accessible Toilets
  • Accessible entry: Queue in courtyard on far right. Entrance via gentle permanent fixed ramp. Performance space is on Ground Floor with no steps.

    • Wheelchair access type: Permanent Ramp

  • Stairs: Information not supplied

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

How and when to make an access booking

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  • 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

Davide ianni 35 days ago

If you're looking for some easy laughs, this is not the show for you. Nonetheless, you should definitely see it: it's relevant, it's very well written and executed, and it manages to even get you to smile among the tragedy we're all experiencing. This was my first show 2 hours after getting to the Fringe, and I loved it.

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The Scotsman (3/5 stars) 19 days ago

Lightly satirical but ever-affectionate script

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British Theatre Guide (4/5 stars) 25 days ago

After some entertainingly warm and believable, if perhaps overlong, character establishing work, we’re thrust into a whirlwind of powerlessness and outcry as the group try to reckon with the realities of global economics and industrialism, and their weight on politics

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Broadway Baby (3/5 stars) 28 days ago

Pepperdine Scotland’s production is prescient, well-staged and has performers who will obviously be seen again as their careers progress.

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The Real Chrisparkle (3/5 stars) 30 days ago

A cast of thirteen rise to the challenge of telling this wide-ranging story in a relatively small acting space... an absorbing watch.

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