Talos: the Science Fiction Theatre Festival of London is the UK’s first and only sci-fi theatre festival staging science fictional plays from all over the world. After the first festival in 2015, Talos returns to stage even more plays with science fiction and fantasy elements, providing a platform for mind-blowing new writing and testing the boundaries of contemporary theatre.
Talos 2018 presents 12 plays featuring clones, dystopias, single-gender worlds, robot actors, unicorn fights and a Frankenstein live radio drama, celebrating the 200 years since Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The festival is produced by Christos Callow Jr and Cyborphic, a science fiction and Greek theatre company. Associate Producers: Orestis Dikaios and Mayra Stergiou.
Thursday 22nd March at 7pm
RIP by Edward Einhorn. Directed by Edward Einhorn
Last Tragedy by Christos Callow Jr. Directed by Sokratis Synitos
Paper Doll by Susan Eve Haar. Directed by Katherine Sturt-Scobie
Friday 23rd March at 7pm
For the Living by Chie-Hoon Lee. Directed by Jay Head
Been on the Job Too Long by James Martin Charlton. Directed by Simone Giustinelli
Homo Superior by Megan Fellows. Directed by Tess Agus
Saturday 24th March at 7pm
Dark King Kills Unicorn by Reina Hardy. Directed by Stella Keramida
Close Encounters by Claire-Frances Sullivan. Directed by Darren Tunstall
Fixed Action Pattern by Francis Grin. Directed by Evi Stamatiou
Sunday 25th March at 2.30pm
In the Year 2125 by Carol W. Berman. Directed by Brooke DeBettignies
Caveman Principle by Max Gill. Directed by Simona Hughes
Frankenstein: Live Audio Drama. Performed by the UEA Radio Players, directed by Richard J Hand.
More details can be found here.
