Before the railways, there was no such thing as ‘the’ time. Villages and towns had their own local times. Time was decided by the sun, and all people had to do was look at it.
200 years later, Miranda can’t stop thinking about time.
What time it is, how long she’s got, how long she’s been doing something, how long she should have been doing it, what time she needs to wake up, how long it will take to get there, how long she’ll have to sleep, is that long enough, and how long is left?
Does it have to be this way? It hasn’t always been this way. It isn’t this way for everyone. What if she decided to stop living like this? Would life be better?
Would it be possible to live without time? And what is time anyway?
Featuring musings on climate change, quantum physics, the destruction of humanity and dinosaurs, this solo show sees Miranda leave the city, take to the canals, travel to a remote Scottish island and form questionable relationships with moorhens in her quest to escape time.
Credits
Created and performed by: Miranda Prag
Produced by: Veronika Diamond
Supporting director: Anoushka Bonwick
Movement director: William Lang
Set design: Tom Mills & Miranda Prag
Lighting design: Amy Daniels
Costume design: Katie Duxbury
Composer/sound designer: Alice Gilmour
Touring & technical manager: Amy Daniels
Audio description consultant: Alice Gilmour
Captioning: Digital 4
Graphic Design: Stephen Caton & Richhand.co.uk
Trailer: LOCARTANDFILM.COM
Photography: Joe Twigg and Paul Fuller
Outside eye support (2022 R&D): Theodora van der Beek and Sam Holley-Horseman
Supported by Arts Council England. Developed with support from Camden People's Theatre, Spot On Lancashire, Rosehill Theatre, Theatre by the Lake and The Dukes. Originally developed on Starting Blocks at CPT.
"Hats off to the CPT for this fine show, well researched and coming from a place of great passion... Community theatre at its most effective."
Camden New Journal (Human Jam)
