The Almeida Theatre today announces two new Almeida Young Company shows.
Following two sell-out productions on the Almeida stage in 2018, the Young Company returns in July to present two world premieres, (This Isn’t) A True Story by Nina Segal, performed by the 18-25 Company, and, following the success of her 2018 Young Company play Cacophony (transferred to the Yard Theatre), Molly Taylor returns with The Wave, featuring the 14-18 Company.
The two productions run from Monday 22 – Wednesday 24 July at the Rose Lipman Building in Hackney. Tickets go on sale at 5pm on Tuesday 18 June.
THE WAVE by Molly Taylor
1939. 143 million people live under fascism in Italy and Germany. Their leaders are Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.
1963. Milgram’s psychological experiment finds that 65% of participants will follow an authority’s order and administer a lethal electric shock to an innocent stranger.
2019. 17 pupils at a London comprehensive participate in a project on collective identity. What lies around the corner, no one predicts.
Written by Molly Taylor (Extinguished Things, Cacophony) and developed with the 14 –18 Almeida Young Company, The Wave asks what happens when everything you thought you knew and trusted about yourself is challenged.
(THIS ISN’T) A TRUE STORY by Nina Segal
Set between the 1970s and today, (This Isn’t) A True Story explores conspiracy, community and why we believe what we choose to believe.
