'We lived in a house with an expanding ribcage, where jars of formalin pressed against the walls. A house with its eyes put out...'

An original story of censorship, repression, and the difficulty of remembering the past.

In the midst of violent revolution two brothers retreat to their childhood home, a now derelict house where jars of pickled objects press against the walls. Whilst the brothers await the coming of the grey men, the merciless agents of progress, their world abounds with paranoia and conspiracy theories, and Paul McCartney, and the music they can no longer hear, becomes a symbol of everything that is lost.

Told from the perspective of Libby, the sole survivor of the tale, and the recordings she pieces together to create a version of their history, the truth becomes an unstable position, and a conversation with the dead.

Theatre, live music, and immersive set-design combine to create a sinister world where music is forbidden but sound is the only key to understanding the past.

By Vicky Flood. Directed by Alex Buckingham. Music by Tom Ward and Alex Buckingham, performed by Tom Ward. Set design by Andrew Buckingham. Lighting design by Anna Sbokou and Sarah Crocker. Assistant director Vicky Flood. Production photography Sam Dub. Unit 2 box office managed by Anna Rapp.

Cast: Louisa Coward, Imogen Goodman, Steve King, Luke Surl, Miriam Sully, Matthew Bunn and Liz Jardine Smith.

REVIEWS

'The antidote to its superficially flashy West End neighbours, Broken Glass are producing fringe theatre that’s bold and ambitious, and are well worth keeping an eye out for.' (The London Word)

'Both on and behind the stage Broken Glass Theatre Company exude exactly the kind of excitement about what they’re doing and the art of theatre that makes the theatre so, well, exciting.' (A Younger Theatre)

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