Wednesday 12 February at 2pm
The Carne Studio Theatre, LAMDA
Running time: TBC Content warnings: The text contains mild references to animal death, diet culture, parental death, suicide and blood. Multiple uses of explicit language. This performance contains the use of haze.
• You are welcome to leave and re-enter from the theatre as you need.
• There is a break-out room available called The Student Common Room.
• House lighting is on low throughout, never going to full black-out.
• Loud noises are reduced.
• No strobe lighting is used.
• You are welcome to react to the show however you want.
• At the end of this document is a show synopsis and sensory guide .
Here is a guide to sensory information symbols in this document:
Indicates potentially loud or sudden noises
Indicates bright or sudden lighting changes
Indicates a sad or potentially distressing scene
Indicates fighting, or use of guns/weapons
When you arrive at LAMDA, the box office is to your right. You should get your QR code ticket ready to be scanned by a LAMDA member of staff.
Toilets are located right next to box office.
LAMDA staff will be wearing LAMDA branded T-Shirts or lanyards.
If you need any assistance whilst in the building, please ask them.
This is the Theatre Foyer. You may be asked to wait here until the house is open.
You will be shown how to get to the Carne Theatre by an usher.
This performance will take place in the Carne Studio Theatre.
This is the entrance.
When you enter, an Usher will take your ticket from you.
You can sit in any seat.
The house lights will stay on low throughout the show.
There is a break-out space called ‘The Rittner Room’ which you are welcome to use at any point during your visit. It can be accessed via the stairs or lift in the main entrance foyer.
If you aren’t sure about any of this information during your visit please ask an usher or anybody wearing a lanyard.
Before the show begins, the actors will introduce themselves and the characters they are playing.
The lights in the theatre will dim and she show will start. You can leave and re-enter if you need to through the doors you came in through.
At the end of the show the actors will come on and bow. You are welcome to clap at this point if you would like.
Below is a synopsis of the play to aid in contextualizing the following sensory guide.
This play follows 4 sets of couples across various points in time. Whilst each scene focusses on a new couple there are overlaps between each conversation, giving the impression that each storyline is connected. The scenes are titled: Falling Happily Falling Terribly Falling Eternally
‘This is a play about communication. And loneliness. And the world. The utter, horrible chaos of the world. And your place within that.’
up by scenes
Bright light at the start followed by a blackout and sudden noise
Actors dance and convulse anxiously
Description of animal death
Description of parental death
Actors describe different food textures
B has what appears to be a panic attack
As they talk about the bike bell there is an ominous sound underneath
At the end of the scene there is a bright light and lots of noise
They are having an argument
The threaten and then joke about killing each other
They shout at each other a lot
D describes a mold infecting her
C screams at D
At the end of the scene there is a bright light and lots of noise
They discuss fasting and elude to an eating disorder
F describes how he felt when his dad died
At the end of the scene there is a bright light and lots of noise
H describes their mum having cancer
G talks about their cat dying and then finding out someone they dated committed suicide
At the end of the scene there is a bright light and lots of noise
The ending is very chaotic with lots of actors walking around and talking over each other
At the end of the show there is a bright light and lots of noise
During the end people will clap and may stand up, cheer or shout to tell the actors they did a good job.