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. (In the words of CPT's Front of House Manager Adam: it's like theatre tapas). 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…
d0n't haunt m3 babii <3 - 15 mins
A m0dern mill3nnial haunting. I wouldn’t tolerate a ghost in my home, so why is my parasitic poltergeist of a boyfriend still leaving skidders on my towels?
Permission - 20 mins
Leaping between an immigration line at Heathrow and a living room in Pakistan, 'Permission' tugs at the tight-rope of respectability politics, on which a young immigrant woman balances herself meticulously.
Burning Box - 20 mins
Burning Box is a semi-immersive, experimental piece of storytelling, interrogating the expectation of woman through a working class lens. Sort of a postmodern matchstick girl, reimagined, alive and kicking.
Tobi King Bakare and this theatre deserve a shout-out for such a young, diverse audience. There is so much talk about audiences being full of over 60s and why, why can’t theatres get the crowds in to reflect society in general? Well, I’m happy to say that on a rainy Thursday evening, the theatre was completely full.
Caiti Grove on Before I Go in CPT's Spring 2023 season London Theatre Reviews
