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Friday 15 June – Saturday 30 June 2018
Nottingham Playhouse
Tickets: £15.50 (£14 concessions)
Suitable for ages 14+ (Contains strong language)
A small asteroid has hit the capital city. Thousands have been displaced. And in a town far away, a young man called Vin is finding it hard to talk.
The only person who seems to notice is Rachel, who resolves to find out what’s troubling him and help him find his voice again. But when Rach’s family take in the articulate and charismatic survivor of the asteroid incident, Vin’s silence is no longer her first priority. How does it feel when the suffering of others seems more legitimate than our own?
Written by award-winning playwright James Fritz (Ross & Rachel, Parliament Square), LAVA rocks with raw emotion and sharp humour in this timely play about grief, masculinity and the power of expression.
“James Fritz’s work is current without straining for topicality. His plays have a knack of anticipating the zeitgeist, becoming more rather than less relevant over time.”
The Guardian
Meet Award-Winning Writer James Fritz
Award-winning writer James Fritz will be chatting to Nottingham Playhouse’s Artist Development Co-ordinator, Beth Shouler, ahead of the world premiere of his new play LAVA. Find out how he got into writing, the inspiration behind LAVA and what advice he can give to aspiring playwrights.
James Fritz’s other plays include Parliament Square (winner of the Judges’ Award at the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting), Start Swimming, The Fall, Ross & Rachel, Four Minutes Twelve Seconds (runner-up of Soho Theatre’s 2013 Verity Bargate Award, nominated for an Olivier Award) and Lines.
This is a pre-show talk ahead of the evening performance of LAVA on Friday 15th June at Nottingham Playhouse.
Friday 15 June, 6.30pm – 7.15pm (including 15 minutes of questions)
Tickets: FREE (reserve in advance)
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