Big Bang is CPT’s regular scratch night: an explosion of performance from which new universes of theatre may one day emerge. These jam-packed platforms are highlights of the CPT programme: the place to see wild and wonderful new projects take their first steps.
Each bill features three or four artists or companies performing 15-20 minutes of fresh-from-the-rehearsal-room work-in-development. They’re doing so because they want to know what works and what doesn’t, and they’d love you to tell them. So please join us for – and share your thoughts on – these exclusive previews of tomorrow’s most exciting theatre, today…
The Primary Colours of Life: Finding Serenity - Chris Shum - 25 mins
Explore the mental and emotional state of mind with K, who undergoes through drastic changes of life and career as she tries to find serenity in life. Little did she know, before she finds serenity, she needs to find herself first.
The play experiments with different mediums, such as colour, sound, and movement to create an emotional and mental state of mind which K goes through. This is a created experience where people can share and relate in bringing greater awareness and importance on opening the discussions on mental and emotional health.
The play was inspired by the creator, who has been experimenting with watercolour and theatremaking.
function. - anorak - 25 mins
A show about robots and humans, performed by a robot (controlled by a human).
Last year AI exploded in accessibility and ability. Decades ago a computer beat someone in a game of chess. Centuries ago a clockwork child was thrown to the bottom of the sea. None of this is new, nothing quite as remembered.
Performed by a robot (controlled by a human), function. explores the relationship between robots and humans across time, our hopes and fears for its future, and why we build things in our image.
Originally developed at Volcano Theatre Swansea.
Look After Your Knees - Natalie Bellingham - 25 mins
A show about the pain and beauty of love, what it is to both connect and unravel.
It’s a celebration of being human in all its banality, sprinkled with joy and ridiculousness. Performed by a clown delving into the space inside us left behind by loss.
It’s about a person trying to unwrap the new version of themselves in a world they don't recognise and a life they seem uncomfortably in charge of.
‘Be Kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone’ Baz Lurhman, 1999.
Content Notice: The show touches upon loss and grief, though not explicitly discussed it should be considered.
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