CONTROLS
Written and performed by Nick Young
Directed by Tid
Produced by Lizzie Keates
Multimedia by Simon Johnson
I wake up every morning dead on 6.30 and brush my teeth straight away like my mum taught me. I don't want stinky breath.
Controls is a one man-experimental theatre show that was conceived following a period of research into the concept of hijacking. The story is of an everyman office worker, disconnected from his wife, child and work, on the last day of his life before he kills himself. The story is broken into episodes each of which is delivered through four different performance style: spoken word, mime, physical theatre and naturalism. Each episode can be told from one of four different perspectives depending on which location it is placed in, creating 16 'channels' to watch in total. The audience are given control over what they watch via two terminals: sound (episode) and lights (location). It is up to those watching whether or not they see the scenes in order or whether they just watch him throw himself off the water tower again and again. As the show proceeds the dramatic conflict begins to move from the narrative to the audience as they continually hijack each others' narratives.
"Controls was executed superbly...the liminal aspects were fascinating." - audience member
Funded by Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts.
Written and performed by Nick Young
Directed by Tid
Produced by Lizzie Keates
Multimedia by Simon Johnson
I wake up every morning dead on 6.30 and brush my teeth straight away like my mum taught me. I don't want stinky breath.
Controls is a one man-experimental theatre show that was conceived following a period of research into the concept of hijacking. The story is of an everyman office worker, disconnected from his wife, child and work, on the last day of his life before he kills himself. The story is broken into episodes each of which is delivered through four different performance style: spoken word, mime, physical theatre and naturalism. Each episode can be told from one of four different perspectives depending on which location it is placed in, creating 16 'channels' to watch in total. The audience are given control over what they watch via two terminals: sound (episode) and lights (location). It is up to those watching whether or not they see the scenes in order or whether they just watch him throw himself off the water tower again and again. As the show proceeds the dramatic conflict begins to move from the narrative to the audience as they continually hijack each others' narratives.
"Controls was executed superbly...the liminal aspects were fascinating." - audience member
Funded by Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts.
Phone: (+44) 07533 633 308 Email: contactnickyoung[at]gmail.com
