Posted 5 years ago by Snizl for Nottingham Playhouse
Fifth Word present LAVA by James Fritz
Event Dates
1:00pm, Fri Jun 15th
8:45pm, Sat Jun 30th
About this Event
Neville Studio - Tickets £15.50 (£14 concessions)
Suitable for ages 14+ - Contains strong language
Boy meets girl. Boy can’t talk to girl.
Girl takes in the survivor of a natural disaster.
A small asteroid has hit the capital city. Thousands have been displaced. And in a town far away, a young man called Vin is finding it hard to talk.
The only person who seems to notice is Rachel, who resolves to find out what’s troubling him and help him find his voice again. But when Rach’s family take in the articulate and charismatic survivor of the asteroid incident, Vin’s silence is no longer her first priority. How does it feel when the suffering of others seems more legitimate than our own?
Written by award-winning playwright James Fritz (Ross & Rachel, Parliament Square), LAVA rocks with raw emotion and sharp humour in this timely play about grief, masculinity and the power of expression.
“James Fritz’s work is current without straining for topicality. His plays have a knack of anticipating the zeitgeist, becoming more rather than less relevant over time.”
The Guardian
Suitable for ages 14+ - Contains strong language
Boy meets girl. Boy can’t talk to girl.
Girl takes in the survivor of a natural disaster.
A small asteroid has hit the capital city. Thousands have been displaced. And in a town far away, a young man called Vin is finding it hard to talk.
The only person who seems to notice is Rachel, who resolves to find out what’s troubling him and help him find his voice again. But when Rach’s family take in the articulate and charismatic survivor of the asteroid incident, Vin’s silence is no longer her first priority. How does it feel when the suffering of others seems more legitimate than our own?
Written by award-winning playwright James Fritz (Ross & Rachel, Parliament Square), LAVA rocks with raw emotion and sharp humour in this timely play about grief, masculinity and the power of expression.
“James Fritz’s work is current without straining for topicality. His plays have a knack of anticipating the zeitgeist, becoming more rather than less relevant over time.”
The Guardian