Inspector Sands and
Stamping Ground Theatre UK
Hysteria

Purcell Room South Bank Centre
Thu 18 to Sun 21 Jan
Thu-Sat 7.45pm, Sun 6pm
All seats £12 (limited concessions available)
Runs approx 60 mins without interval

Tickets 0870 0600 777
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'Beautifully observed...wonderfully witty...I laughed until I cried' Guardian

The world is ending. And it's happening at table 9...  Inspired by T.S. Eliot's poem of the same name, Hysteria makes us witnesses to a painstaking attempt at social interaction. A man and a woman are on the most awkward dinner date of their lives. He is an academic whose research into modern day neuroses is threatening his sanity, she is an events manager who's terrified of missing the party. Caught in the middle is their mortified waiter.  With humour, physicality and visceral sound and lighting, Hysteria draws its audience into a world where the main course is a fight for survival and a banana can move you to tears.  Premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2006 where it won a Total Theatre Award and was shortlisted for the Carol Tambor Award. London premiere

Post-show discussion: Thu 18 Jan, chaired by Dick McCaw
BSL interpreted performance: Fri 19 Jan

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