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2018

Still No Idea

Written by Lisa Hammond , Rachael Spence

Play Details

Context

Artistic Director
Vicky Featherstone

Dates Performed

Wednesday 31st Oct 2018
Jerwood Theatre Upstairs

Play Details

Synopsis

Best mates Lisa and Rachael are making a new show almost a decade after they created their first piece together.

Back then they had no idea where to start, so they went onto the streets and asked the public.

What story should they tell?

What characters should they play?

When they saw Lisa in a wheelchair and Rachael not, what the public said was funny, jaw-dropping, and ultimately heartbreaking.

They made a show about it.

It was called ​No Idea.​

Now people say the world has changed and things are looking up. There are more disabled people in the mainstream media, Lisa landed a big part on ​​TV and disabled mates are getting regular auditions – happy days. So what kind of exciting stories are the TV professionals dreaming up for them?

Still, No Idea is the whole story (so far): the British public, the professional writers, the TV execs.

Part verbatim theatre, part improv, part comedy sketch show, this is a raucous and mischievous exposé of good intentions gone bad and how sometimes no matter how hard we try, we still have absolutely no idea.

Director(s)

Lee Simpson

Cast & Creative

Cast

Lisa Hammond

Cast

Rachael Spence

Designer

Ben Stones

Lighting

Katherine Williams

Sound

Gareth Fry