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INIVISIBLE MICE AND ELEPHANTS IN NAIROBI |
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| Thu 10 July 7pm & Fri 11 July 9pm |
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£7.50 / (£5 concs), 14+ |
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INVISIBLE MICE By Kenneth Emson
Part thriller, part black comedy, this is a powerful, super-fast wham-bam of a play from a fantastic new young regional playwright.
Lights up.
JOE: One night a guy walks into a hotel room.
ROB: Could be any hotel.
JOE: Could be any guy.
ROB: But it ain't...
The Writer Says...
'So... I turn off the light and lie in a dark room. Somewhere in my brain/unconscious there's someone/something questioning me about the day/the world. I chase them around my head trying to make some sense of them. Then I realise that I have to write them down, that they won't let it be, that they wonÕt let me sleep. So I chase them with words, like a cat, round the page, trying to make some sense, trying to understand. Then I realise it's them chasing me, just like it always was'.
Born and bred in Essex, Kenneth Emson is a member of The Royal Court Young Writer's Programme. This is his first production for Hotbed/Menagerie. Previous plays include Rural (White Bear), De Sade's Tree (Baron's Court), Stiff Acrylic (Hen and Chickens) and Three Nights (The Baxter Theatre in South Africa). He was selected as one of the seven writers for this year's Old Vic 24 Hour Play event.
'A heady stew of big ideas... Pinteresque menace' Time Out (on Rural)
ELEPHANTS IN NAIROBI by Anna Rowntree
Vickie, a Kenyan woman in her thirties, sits at a table peeling potatoes. She works slowly, humming. She looks up and speaks...
VICKIE: People come to Kenya expecting the Lion King. Simba and Pumba and 'hakunta matata'. But this is an American film for children, actually not a real country. This is what Rufus, my husband says. But he takes them round in the truck anyway and shows them...
Set in Kenya during the recent political and tribal strife, this play explores two women's attempts to deal with the uncertainty and violence surrounding them. Lyrical and accessible, this first-time writer will hypnotise with her fascinating journey of personal stories in a challenging world.
The Writer Says...
'I have travelled a lot recently in Africa and have based this play on my experiences there'.
Anna Rowntree grew up in the Bristol area but is currently a second year student at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge where she studies English and Creative Writing. This is her first play.
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