Shards

Camden People's Theatre, 58-60 Hampstead Road, London
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This event ended on Sunday 18th of August 2019
Admission
£12
£10 concessions
Venue Information
Camden Peoples' Theatre
58-60 Hampstead Road , NW1 2PY
Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Warren Street 0.13 miles

Lights Down Productions are delighted to announce that ‘Shards’ by Catherine O’Shea will make its debut at Camden People’s Theatre in London as part of the Camden Fringe Festival, 15th – 18th August 2019

'I'm trying to see what happens when you throw particles together at faster and faster speeds’

It's 2011 and the Shard is half completed. Matt, a swing dancer and a nurse and Laura, a particle physicist, hunting for the Higgs Boson particle are negotiating the world of online dating desperately looking for a connection. On their first date in Borough High Street there is a spark but also catastrophe.
We flit back and forth in time, with the Shard at different heights, witnessing the lives of our swing dancer and particle physicist at different points of momentum, collision and propulsion.
Shards features live lindy hop dancing on stage throughout. It is a lively and entertaining play about love, loss and dedication. Watch what can happen when you throw particles and very different people together.

Editor’s Notes:
Lights Down Productions was set up in January 2018 by Caley Powell to produce female led new writing and our first play ‘Hear Me Howl’ by Lydia Rynne had WIP showings at The Landor Space (March 2018), The Plymouth Fringe (May 2018), a 2 week run at The Old Red Lion Theatre (September 2018) & 6 performances at the Vault Festival 2019. Other credits as a Producer include: ‘Might Never Happen’ at The Kings Head Theatre (May 2016), ‘Dubailand’ at the Finborough Theatre (February 2017) and ‘A Great Fear Of Shallow Living’ at Zoo Southside, Edinburgh Fringe 2017. She is also co-producing ‘The Net; with Starbound Theatre that is at Tristan Bates Theatre as part of The Camden Fringe, 13-17 August, Tuesday-Saturday 6:15pm & Saturday matinee 2:30pm.

Catherine O’Shea is a playwright, screenwriter & alumnus of the Royal Court Theatre, Traverse Theatre, Criterion Theatre & Chichester Festival Theatre writing programmes. Her play FIT FOR PURPOSE was the recipient of the Charlie Hartill Reserve Fund & her play SEAGULL toured with Chichester Festival Theatre. She has two plays in performance at National Maritime Museum JOHN SIMMONDS (which has been on since 2014) and Tamera Travels (which opened the new encounter galleries in September 2018). She co-wrote DOUBLE INFEMNITY (Vault Festival, 2018) and also writes for screen.

Listing Information
For ages 16+
Running time: approximately 1 hour
Dates and Times: 15-19 August, Thursday to Saturday 9pm and Sunday 7:15pm.
Location: Camden People’s Theatre, 58-60 Hampstead Rd, Kings Cross, London NW1 2PY
Tickets: £12/£10


Creative Team
Written by Catherine O’Shea
Directed by Abbie Lucas
Produced by Caley Powell

Tags: Theatre

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