by A G Anderson
World Premiere produced by Blueberry Goose Theatre Group
Directed by Julia Stubbs
Ted has delivered his WHAT’S DRIVING YOU? talk 2191 times over the last 10 years.
Today, forgotten events from Ted’s past threaten to overwhelm him.
Struggling with what’s real and what’s not, Ted tries to deliver what might prove to be his last talk – if his troubled mind will let him.
A new improv drama about the impact of speed on driving, while exploring the issue of what happens when you can’t take responsibility for your actions. Will your mind let you ‘get away with it’?
The play uses the vehicle of Ted’s multimedia talk about the effects of speeding on our lives as a background against which Ted’s struggles play out. It features audience interaction and involvement, in observation tasks and interactions on facts and figures, videos, and quizzes inspired by the real speed awareness courses. Ted’s talk highlights the importance of being aware of your speed and the effect speeding can have on you and others, and may possibly encourage you, as Ted would say, to “drive like it matters.”
Cast
Andrew Bruce-Lockhart.
Creative Team
Directed by Julia Stubbs | Produced by Blueberry Goose Theatre Group.
Performance dates *Premiere
28 February – 3 March 2023 at Applecart Arts.
Devised by A G Anderson who last worked with Blueberry Goose Theatre Group penning the 4-star show 1:2:2192 Retribution Day that premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022, and featuring Andrew Bruce-Lockhart, a director and producer of film and theatre, in his first acting role. A G Anderson says,
“When I devised the piece, I originally conceived it as a straight talk on speed awareness. I remembered the content of my speed awareness course so vividly and really felt it should be something every driver hears. When I spoke about the idea of the piece to a director and actor friends I have worked with, they suggested a ‘but what if’ scenario, that immediately appealed to me. What if the narrator of said talk, is unreliable? And so, this show was born.”
This improv drama takes its inspiration from when Anderson was caught speeding and attended a speed awareness course, instead of having points on their license. The subjects and facts shared on the course stuck with Anderson for years. This piece re-tells some of these details but puts its delivery in the hands of someone clearly struggling with keeping themselves together, while in full public view on a stage.
1:2:2192 Retribution Day
“They would often look out into the crowd and in the close (passionate) space it felt like peering into your soul, which was all this play was about” ★★★★ Daniel Donnelly – Mumbletheatre.net
God 2.0
“Talking about God is never easy, especially if you don’t want to fall into clichés, or judgments or hurt somebody’s conscience. God 2.0 is a courageous play that accomplishes all this” ★★★★ Londontheatrereviews.co.uk
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