A multi-award winning, international collaboration with Tiny Dynamite, Philadelphia, in association with South Hill Park, Bracknell
THE LAMELLAR PROJECT
a new play by Grant Watson
It is the near-future and the eco-system is changing, but not for the better. The world is in the aftermath of The Sixth Great Extinction and a couple, both scientists, find themselves living on either side of the Atlantic. They are separated not only by distance but by their differing attitudes to how the world can be saved for future generations, including their own son. Filled with vivid images of locusts dropped from warplanes, strange flowers choking the waterways and wild wolves roaming the English countryside, the play explores the most pressing and crucial issues of contemporary global life – the consequences of climate change and the possible ramifications of genetic modification.
5 ***** Liverpool Sound and Vision:
“Engaging script, clever set design and two astonishing actors who come together from over three thousand miles… a unique and entertaining show”
4 **** Broadway Baby
“The masterful way in which they integrate digital technology into the production is without a doubt the highlight of this show”
Funded by Arts Council England. Seeded by greenhouse, a Farnham Maltings initiative. Supported by Calyx Films & The Bay Trust, Kent.
In 2017 The Lamellar Project became Perfect Blue and switched round to being live in the USA with an actor joining via Skype from London.
Cast
Michael: Gideon Turner (UK)
Carys: Emma Gibson (USA)
Creatives
Writer – Grant Watson
Director/Dramaturg – Helena Bell
Designer – Cecile Tremolieres
Lighting Designer – Alex Marshall
Associate Lighting Designer – Dan Saggars
Sound Designer – Chris Drohan
Film Maker (USA) – Ben Kalina
Director of Photography (USA) – Jen Schneider
Production Manager – Christopher Corner
Technical Consultant – Stephen Harrison
Technical Company Stage Manager – Hass Ahmed
Stage Manager (USA) – Kat Kelly
Pursued by a Bear (UK)
Producer – Helena Bell
Consultant Social Media Manager – Cathy Westbrook
Consultant Administrative Director – Thomas Kell
Tiny Dynamite (USA)
Producer – Emma Gibson
Administrative Producer – Emma Goidel
Tour
2016 Summer
Arcola Theatre London (August 9th – 13th: 8pm)
2016 Spring
South Hill Park Bracknell (April 7th – 9th April: 8pm)
Oxford Playhouse – Burton Taylor Studio (April 20th & 21st: 7.30pm)
Unity Theatre, Liverpool (April 22nd & 23rd: 8pm)
Ivy Theatre Surrey University, Guildford (April 27th & 28th: 7pm )
Marlowe Theatre Canterbury (May 3rd & 4th: 8pm )
The Old Market Brighton Fringe (May 13th & 14th: 8.45pm )
Reviews
LIVERPOOL SOUND & VISION (April 23rd 2016)
5***** Review :
BROADWAY BABY (Brighton Fringe – May 2016)
4 **** Review:
http://www.broadwaybaby.com/shows/the-lamellar-project/711575
HENLEY STANDARD (May 2016)
http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/entertainment/story.php?id=203944
PBAB Interview in British Theatre Guide (July 2014)
“New digital fund sees innovative technologies brought centre stage”
http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/features/the-lamellar-project-pursued-100
Interview with Create Hub (November 2014)
http://www.create-hub.com/interview/the-lamellar-project-interview-snippet
Lamellar Project featured in a Philadelphia environmental periodical:
WINNER OF FOUR PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS:
Pew Centre for Arts & Heritage, Philadelphia, USA
http://www.pcah.us/grants/9892_the_lamellar_project
TechniCulture, Philadelphia
US digital development award of $21,000
plus
Audience Recognition Award
https://www.philaculture.org/techniculture
http://generocity.org/philly/2016/05/02/techniculture-tiny-dynamite-philly-tech-week/
UPstream (UK digital development award)
http://housetheatre.org.uk/greenhouse/projects/upstream-the-lamellar-project
Production Gallery
All Photos by Alex Harvey-Brown except bottom two which are by Dan Saggars