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  • It's the Economy, Stupid!

    Wed 13 Mar at 9pm
    Tickets £8 + booking fee (work-in-progress)
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    Joe Sellman-Leava and Dylan Howells try to decipher the myth of money, the weaponisation of economics, and the reason it's so hard to understand the force that dominates their lives!
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    Running Time 50 mins
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Assistance dogs welcome
    Assistance dogs welcome
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    Content NoticeAge Guidance 12+

    Join writer-performer Joe Sellman-Leava and designer Dylan Howell, as they team up to decipher the myth of money, the weaponisation of economics, and to find out why it's just so bloody hard to understand the force that dominates everyones lives!

    Taking its title from James Carville (who successfully framed Bill Clinton's election in 1992 around the recession), IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID! combines poetic storytelling, wry humour and a dash of performance art! Armed with a Monopoly board, a live-feed camera, and a small mountain of salt, Joe and Dylan mine their own financial and economic (il)literacy, to calculate how their lives have been shaped by the economies they grew up in.

    Produced by Worklight Theatre, and directed by internationally acclaimed Katharina Reinthaller, IT’S THE ECONOMY STUPID! is a brand new work-in-progress from the Fringe First winning creators of LABELS and FANBOY.

    Supported by Proteus Creation Space and the Tolmen Centre.

    "Fascinating...full of surprises."
    Broadway Baby on previous work
    "Beautiful, heartfelt, brilliantly funny."
    Starburst Magazine on previous work
    "Brimming with energy."
    The Stage on previous work
    "Intelligent and quizzical."
    The Scotsman on previous work
    "Powerful, important and funny."
    Emma Thompson on previous work
    "Terrific and really thoughtful."
    Lyn Gardner on previous work

    “It means so much to be working at CPT, it’s such a good opportunity to work in a professional environment at my age. I didn’t think that was ever going to happen and it means the world to me. It’s really going to help prepare me for my future and where I want to go”

    CYT participant and Camden student