Time Critical
From Tues 7 Oct
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One of the company's most thought provoking productions, Time Critical sees two competing actors tyrannised by a chess clock. With an allocation of 34 minutes each, one struggles to intercut and condense world events from 1991 to the present, while the other grapples with Stan’s Cafe shows and personal landmarks from the same period.
With the clock ticking, across 68 increasingly tense minutes the duo spin through a cycle of elections, inventions, natural disasters, treaties, product launches, sporting successes, business failures and dance sensations - condensing each landmark.
Prompting and challenging each other, the actors find themselves re-enacting strange confrontations, fragments of famous speeches and even evocative moments from old Stan’s Cafe shows (such as All Our Money) as the chess clock ticks down towards an exhilarating finale.
Time Critical was first performed for Stan’s Cafe's 25th anniversary in November 2016, this reworked version is 16 minutes longer - reflecting the eight eventful years that have passed since the premiere.
Craig Stephens and Kianyah Caesar-Downer, star.
The Rep, Birmingham
7.45pm £from £12