THEATER

news from nowhere: England

Written by Tim Crouch
Performed by Tim Crouch and Hannah Ringham

“A rich drama created with rigorous, poetic economy...belongs to that wonderful genre of thoughtful plays that could be discussed for hours without exhausting its ideas.”  - New York Times

Winner of a Fringe First, a Herald Archangel, and a Total Theatre Award, England was the hit of this year's Under the Radar Festival.  A play created specifically for gallery spaces, England involves two actors addressing the audience, like guides at an exhibit, as the narrative unfolds in reference to the art around them.

England is the story of one thing placed inside another: a heart inside another person’s body, a culture inside another country’s culture, theater inside a gallery, a character inside an actor, a play inside its audience.

Note: the audience will be standing for half the piece.

News from nowhere, a British theater ensemble, produces works by Tim Crouch, who is fast developing a reputation as one of Europe’s most daring writers and performers.

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Boston Globe
Cultural crossover is on this British playwright’s mind
By Joel Brown, November 13, 2009

 

England is funded in part by the Expeditions program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the six New England state arts agencies.