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PRESS & AWARDS

OffWestEnd Award 2019 Nomination for Best Sound Design
“super-smart… delivers plenty of theatrical punches” – Lyn Gardner, Stage Door
★★★★ “deft and ingenious” The Guardian
★★★★ “remarkable – big beyond its length size and means” The Observer
★★★★ “a smart, engagingly layered show” The Stage
★★★★ “a whirling multi-rolling ensemble… just juicy” What’s On Stage
“an otherworldly ensemble of mischievous shapeshifters” Exeunt Magazine
Mars Attack! Feature The Guardian
Time Out’s Best New Theatre Shows Opening in London This Month, January 2020
BBC World Service Radio Interview with Matthew Wells

No-one would have believed in the early years of the twentieth century that this world was being watched…

But we did believe.

We believed that Martians landed in New Jersey. We believed a water tower was an alien war machine. We believed a man walked on the moon. We believe everything the internet tells us and now the end of the world is being broadcast live…

Inspired by H.G. Wells’ novel and Orson Welles’ classic radio play, this legendary science fiction thriller is playfully re-imagined for our era of Fake News and ‘alternative facts’.

Created by Rhum and Clay and written with Isley Lynn.

Originally Commissioned by New Diorama Theatre, and supported by Arts Council England, the Corn Exchange Newbury, Exeter Phoenix, Hertford Theatre, Redbridge Drama Centre, Jerwood Space, Late Tuesday Night, The National Theatre Studio and Lighting Resources.

PERFORMANCES
New Diorama Theatre, Tuesday 8th January – Saturday 9th February 2019 (sold-out run)
The North Wall, Oxford, Tuesday 12th – Thursday 14th February 2019
Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 as a Pleasance Edinburgh Associate show.

CAST
Meena: Mona Goodwin
Jonathan/Carl Phillips: Julian Spooner
Lawson: Amalia Vitale
Ted/John: Matthew Wells

CREATIVE TEAM
Writer: Isley Lynn
Directors: Hamish MacDougall & Julian Spooner
Movement: Matthew Wells
Set & Costume Design: Bethany Wells
Lighting Design: Nick Flintoff & Pete Maxey
Sound Design: Benjamin Grant
Executive Producer: Sally Cowling
Producer: Hannah Tookey
Stage Manager: Lucy Adams
Assistant Stage Manager: Bobbie Calnan
Set Builder: Piran Jeffcock

Photography and trailer: The Other Richard.