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Saria Callas

Tues 6th - Saturday 17th May (not 12th) 7:15pm

Thom Jordan presents

The Final Approach

Sat 25 Mar at 7.15pm

Tickets £8 - £12

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The campus outsider takes on a case to expose a cheating partner but finds himself in a web of deceit, corruption and the incorrect disposal of kitchen waste.

Join Sam Marlowe as he recreates live the cinematic 'noirish' nightmare inside his mind straight into your ears.*
Sam is obsessed with detective stories and film noir, so he can’t help but start digging when his long-term crush drops a case into his lap. Struggling to cope with the recent separation of his parents, he takes refuge in an internal narration in the hardboiled style of Raymond Chandler.
Sam fights to hold onto his narrative as sleep deprivation sets in and he begins to descend into surrealist chaos. Using multiple cameras edited live, voice manipulation to present all the characters and extensive sound design mixed live to piece together the final weeks of high school where one supposed cheating partner lead to a seismic scandal systematically spread across campus.

*Headphones will be provided but BYO available.

Running Time 60 mins

Wheelchair Accessible

Assistance dogs welcome

Health NoticeThe show is designed for immersive headphone audio, and all audience members will be given headphones on entry. Food/Drinks consumed by performers.

"This immersive, ambitious production drags each and every member of the audience into the nightmare too."

Ths Scotsman

"High school has never seemed so sordid and so dangerous. We are sucked into Sam’s increasing delirium and can never be sure what is real and what is part of his fever dream."

Michael Calcott, Fringey Bits

"The Final Approach uses these layers of nostalgia to illustrate that the teenage experience – dealing with a complex range of new, unexpected emotions – never really changes."

Reviews Hub

"This fiery sermon is a very impressive display of the power an eloquent snake-oil salesman has over his subjects, and the result is as riveting as it is frightening."

Fringe Review on previous work

"Jordan’s writing is almost sadistic in its brilliance."

A Younger Theatre on previous work

"Layers of narrative peel slowly back as the truth and lies collide, until our sympathy fades altogether."

The Stage on previous work

"Profound insight complemented by sharp humour, Jordan has crafted a scintillating work."

Absolute Theatre on previous work

“Keep up the good work producing cutting-edge theatre for everyone in London”

Councillor Jonathan Simpson, 29 January 2018

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