Play Details
Context
Artistic Director
Vicky Featherstone
Dates Performed
Friday 10th June 2022
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
Play Details
Synopsis
A cozy restaurant table transforms into a battlefield of truth and deception, as Noah and Celeste’s first date sparks a journey that will consume their lives and shake the foundations of reality.
Noah, a charismatic conspiracy theorist with a disarming smile, leans across the table, his eyes alight with mischief as he spins an outrageous tale of his time at Eton with the young princes. Across from him, Celeste listens, her laughter tinged with skepticism, unaware that this moment will be the first step on a path that leads to love, obsession, and ultimately, destruction. As their wine glasses clink and the chemistry crackles between them, the world beyond their table begins to blur and shift, hinting at the alternate reality they will construct together.
Kirkwood’s play is a dizzying dance through time and perception, where intimate moments of domestic bliss collide jarringly with paranoid rants and government surveillance. The Quilters’ home becomes a fortress against an increasingly hostile world, its walls plastered with newspaper clippings and hastily scrawled notes, a physical manifestation of their spiraling minds. As Noah’s YouTube following grows, we watch Celeste’s transformation from bemused partner to fervent believer, her nurse’s scrubs gradually replaced by tin foil hats.
Cast & Creative
Cast
Priyanga Burford
Cast
Jake Davies
Cast
Siena Kelly
Designer
Naomi Dawson
Design Assistant
Shahaf Beer
Lighting Designer
Anna Watson
Sound Designer
Peter Rice
Assistant Sound Designer
Keri Chesser
Video Designer
Gino Ricardo Green
Intimacy director
Yarit Dor
Assistant Director
Zachary Wilcox
Movement Director
Chi-San Howard
Intimacy and Fight Director
Yarit Dor
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