NOTHING at Camden People’s Theatre
Camden People’s Theatre
19th - 22nd November
7.30pm
£12/10
Tickets
Nothing is much more than a series of monologues. It is about - among other things - cupcakes, action films, cr*p television, sh*tting, sex, buses and stalking. It is about alienation and being young.
Initially written as eight monologues by Lulu Raczka (winner of the Sunday Times Young Playwriting Award), Nothing asks questions about the nature of theatre itself as performers improvise a new cut with every performance, each starting the show without knowing which particular monologue they will be performing on that occasion. Nothing is thus a game for both performer and audience, but it is also a serious interrogation of the structures within which we live.
Nothing at the Lyric, Hammersmith. Presented as part of All Change Festival, Saturday 4th October 2014
Copyright Aenne Pallasca
Edinburgh Round-Ups
Some lovely mentions in the Nachtcritik and Guardian Fringe 2014 round-ups.
Nothing | Camden People's Theatre
After an amazing, mad, exhausting couple of weeks at Summerhall in Edinburgh, we’re thrilled to announce a short run at Camden People’s Theatre in November. Tickets available here.
Further dates to be announced.
"Nothing" - Edinburgh 2014
"A snapshot of a generation who feels that the future has very little to offer them, and who are appalled and fascinated by the violence they encounter in everyday life". ★★★★ Lyn Gardner, The Guardian. Read the review here.
"Not since 2010 – Anya Reiss’s Spur of the Moment at the Royal Court, London – has a first-time play felt so certain in both voice and intent". ★★★★ Matt Trueman, Financial Times.Read the review here.
"A fiercely confrontational and intelligent piece, with a disarming truthfulness about the way we live today". ★★★★ Time Out. Read the review here.
"This is a dizzyingly confident and assured debut, both in terms of content and form, by a company worth watching out for." ★★★★ Natasha Tripney, The Stage. Read the review here.
“Nothing contains some of the best and most sincere young writing and acting going”. ★★★★ James Fennemore, A Younger Theatre. Read the review here.
"This is a vital, commendably audacious production. Far from the nihilism its title might imply, Nothing provides a refreshing, heartening hour for even the most jaded Fringe-goer”. ★★★★★ Larry Bartleet, Broadway Baby.Read the review here.
"Highly Recommended Show" - FringeReview. Read the review here.
"Existential angst seeps through the play like the smell of unwashed socks in student halls". ★★★ Miranda Kiek, Fest. Read the review here.
…And some brilliant blogs
Katie Smith
Rebecca Morris
Catherine Love
Nothing: Broadway Baby, Brighter Coverage.
★★★★★ If your experience of Fringe plays has become stale, Nothing is likely to change your mind. I’m not being facetious: this is an absolutely captivating piece of theatre.
NOTHING review | Broadway Baby