THE DREADFUL HOURS
A HILARIOUS DINNER YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO MISS! IT WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU SEE YOURSELF AND YOUR RELATIONSHIPS!
What's on Stage
"The Dreadful Hours is carried out with skill and passion, interspersed with silent pauses to do Harold Pinter proud"
Daily Post
"An exciting and thought-provoking piece of theatre"
Remotegoat.co.uk
"Yorgos Karamalegos and Elinor Randle create the best dance scene this side of John Travolta and Uma Thurman's in Pulp Fiction... a stunning stylised performance"
Manchester Evening News
A sad but always amusing piece... Sharply directed by Javier Marzan From Peepolykus with both performers being highly likeable, it makes an excellent opener for the new season"
Liverpool Live
"Strong, innovative, combining comedy and tragedy in a most creative fashion... will have your mind ticking as you sit down for dinner the following day"
PHOTO ALEX WOLKOWICZ
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A first experiment on Chris Fittock's ideas was presented at Everyword Festival in July 2008 followed by a work in progress of the developed ideas on the 3rd of July 2009 as a part of the same festival
When one hour’s dinner can seem like years, yet years seem to pass in a heartbeat...
They are energised, ambitious, and intoxicated with a perfect summer of Technicolor love. They feel extraordinary, and long to have the world at their feet. But what happens when the summer ends, and the realities of suburban malaise begin to stifle the first sparks of limitless love? When one hour’s dinner can seem like five years, but five years can pass in a heartbeat?
Combining Tmesis Theatre’s trademark physicality with new writing from acclaimed Northwest playwright Chris Fittock, The Dreadful Hours is a darkly comic drama exploring the quiet disintegration of love’s first flourish through the lifetime of one couple’s relationship
Peepolykus’s master of the ridiculous Javier Marzan directs what is sure to be a wonderfully inventive production full of dark humour and striking visuals.
(Running time: 70mins)
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CREDITS
Tmesis Theatre and Chris Fittock
Written by
Chris Fittock
Creative collaborator/director
Javier Narzan (Peepolykus)
Sound design/creative input
Xenia Bayer
Lighting Design
Mark Williams
Set/costume design
Kevin Pollard
Performed by:
Elinor Randle and Yorgos Karamalegos
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