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Static
The point at which war in (seemingly) far away places meets post-atrocity
television
written by Chris Thorpe.
“A searing production…performances beyond praise…
achingly vital and a must see event.”
Los Angeles
Times (2006)
Written in response to the conflict in Kosovo in 1999, STATIC was awarded a Fringe First for innovation in theatre and an oustanding production at the Edinburgh Festival 2000. It has subsequently toured throughout the UK, been recorded and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and has toured internationally to Germany, the Republic of Ireland, Zimbabwe, the USA, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.
"Static is a formidable reminder that what for us often constitutes inconsequential words and images on television are live action snapshots of others' horrific experiences.... Terrifying, tender and compelling"
The List
"Chris Thorpe's two-hander is a very promising, very controlled piece of new writing about how TV news coverage brings tragedy and atrocity straight into our living rooms and how we dismiss it so easily. This beautifully acted production is as sharp and as clean as the writing."
The Guardian
"Both Thorpe's script and the uncluttered staging confront a complex issue with confidence and impressive restraint. Simply done to startling effect, this is a show that demonstrates with real elegance how less, in theatre terms, can be more."
The Scotsman
"Goal of the Month... STATIC won a Fringe First and it's easy to see why. This is a show that offers genuine, concerned commentary on the world. Lucid, powerful, direct."
The Independent
"The script's keen intelligence makes for pulse-quickening listening... perfectly controlled simplicity... this is theatre that sticks in your throat"
The Times
Staring into the gap between real-life experience and the media's representation of death in a small-scale, very European war, STATIC is a moving, witty and timely reminder that the blood on TV isn't always make-up and that there's more to life, and death, than processed cheese and public transport.