Synopsis
Quiz Show & Bullet Catch
Published by Methuen
3 Male 2 Female
Quiz Show M3,F2
Welcome to False!, the quiz show where there are no questions, only statements, where every statement is a lie, and where the prize is nothing less than the truth
Everyone's favourite quiz master, Daniel Caplin, gives tonight's gifted contestants the chance to play for the ultimate prize - to discover what lies behind the Door of Truth
Newcomer Sandra has always been desperate to find out and she's more than a threat to our reigning champion
Tonight, there is even more to play for - can the show survive what she discovers?
"Gripping psycho-thriller about truth ... and how we essentially are no more than what we tell ourselves to believe" ~ David Pollock, Independent
"[A] strange and stirring piece of 21st-century theatre ... taking us on a journey into the immediate past of our society and its possible futures from which we cannot return unchanged" ~ Joyce McMillan, Scotsman
"Very funny ... what Quiz Show does brilliantly ... is give theatrical form to the nightmare of a disturbed mind, one riven by false and repressed memories ... It leaves us uneasy and haunted" ~ Mark Fisher, Guardian
"Powerful and spellbinding ... " ~ Thom Dibdin, The Stage
Bullet Catch - M1
The high-risk Bullet Catch has claimed many lives since its conception in 1613
Modern-day marvel William Wonder presents a theatre show with magic, mindreading, levitation and, if you dare stay, the most notorious stunt of them all
A unique theatrical experience exploring the world of magic, featuring mind-reading, levitation, and the most notorious finale in show business
Runs about 75 minutes
"A startlingly deep reflection on the mysterious relationship between performance and despair, the intense life of the stage and the sudden blackness of death" ~ Scotsman
"Wonderfully entertaining but emotionally devastating ... Remarkable, multi-layered and utterly gripping" ~ Guardian
"It delicately sits between truth and fiction, playing with the intangibility of magic and human connection" ~ The Stage