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The Empire Builders

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Writer
Boris Vian
Venue
Pleasance Theatre, London
Producers
Rose Bruford College
Opening night
March 2008

Gripped by paranoia, a family tries to escape to ever more remote reaches of their apartment building, with disturbing consequences.

Receiving its first revival in Britain in nearly half a century, this classic of French absurdist comedy examines mass hysteria and a society’s obsession with fear.

James Turpin and Alex Barclay in The Empire Builders. Photo: Marc Wilson.

CREDITS

writer
Boris Vian (transl. Simon Watson Taylor)

stage design
Samantha Kay

costume design
Megan Arbuthnott

lighting design
Tim Gurl

composer
Emma Bertmark

sound design
Laurence Short

cast
Alex Barclay
Lia Rogers
Catherine Kirk
James Turpin
James Baldwin

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