Live Lab Elevator Festival 2017 Leaflet

TUESDAY 21 TO SATURDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2017

A week-long festival showcasing the best new theatre from the North East and beyond (0191) 232 1232 www.live.org.uk

Tickets: £8-£5, some events free @Live_Lab #Elevator

Live Theatre, Broad Chare, Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3DQ

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TUESDAY 21 TO SATURDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2017

LIVE LAB ELEVATOR FESTIVAL Live Lab Bursary 2016 winner

Began as short play in 10 Minutes to… in 2014 PARKLIFE

SEX WITH ROBOTS AND OTHER DEVICES

Live Lab Bursary 2015 winner BLACKOUT

WED 22 & FRI 24 FEB 7.30PM

LIVE LAB ELEVATOR DOUBLE BILL PARKLIFE With the Earth under water, Victoria now lives on a ‘21st Century Noah’s Ark’ and must adapt to a new life whilst still being haunted by memories of the old one.

SEX WITH ROBOTS AND OTHER DEVICES It’s 2018. Except, it feels like 2050. Your neighbours can’t have children, so they buy them. Your best friend has started dating someone you’ve never met, and never will.

What are the moral implications that come with being able to buy whatever you desire the most?

Presented by The Six Twenty Written by Mhairi Ledgerwood Directed by Melanie Rashbrooke

Presented by Cloakroom Theatre Written by Nessah Muthy

THEATRE Approx. 2hrs 20mins, incl. interval Suitable for ages 14+ £8, £6 concs

THUR 23 FEB 7.30PM

WORK-IN-PROGRESS An evening of short work-in-progress extracts of Scrambled by current Live Lab Associate Artists Plane Paper Theatre; Preservation by Introduction to Playwriting course graduate Louise Taylor; Unlabelled Political Project

by Luca Rutherford and Trade by Zen Gun Theatre.

SAT 25 FEB 4PM & 6PM

BLACKOUT A sensory adventure in complete darkness exploring what happens when you escape from the bland certainty of sight.

Audiences will be blindfolded to experience an outing into the unexpected, in an intimate audience of just 12.

Extracts of new work by Plane Paper Theatre, Louise Taylor, Luca Rutherford and Zen Gun Theatre THEATRE Approx. 1hr 30mins incl. interval Suitable for ages 14+ £6 Presented by fanSHEN STUDIO Approx. 40mins Suitable for ages 14+ £5

Further events with leading theatre makers include a writing political theatre discussion and a directing masterclass. Ring (0191) 232 1232 or see www.live.org.uk/elevator for more information and to buy tickets.