Written in just six days after escaping from a prisoner of war camp and walking 370 miles back to Hamburg, Wolfgang Borchert’s vivid interpretation of his own story shines a light on the aftermath of war. Throw yourself into his world of darkly comic, grotesque characters.
Invertigo’s production sees an all-male ensemble confront this challenging European drama.
Death / Daughter / Giant: Tim Bowie
Elbe / The Girl / Mother / The Director: Tom Clegg
The Other: Sion Alun Davies
God / Colonel / Mrs Kramer: Steffan Donnelly
Sergeant Beckmann: Paapa Essiedu
Translation: Tom Fisher
Executive Producer: Robert Carreon
Director: Owen Horsley
Producer: Mirain Jones
Designer: Simon Anthony Wells
Composer: Blair Mowat
Stage Manager: Madeleine Scott Cree
Photographer: Richard Lakos
Graphic design: Fiddlenot Designs
Voice: Janis Price
Recipients of the Charlie Hartill Special Reserve
Winners of the Scottish Daily Mail Commendation Prize
MUST SEE! The Stage
"exciting young company … impressive and versatile ensemble"
★★★★ Daily Mail
"riveting…excellent cast…gets under your skin"
★★★★ British Theatre Guide
"fine production with just the right mixture of comedy and pathos"
★★★★ The New Current
The Observer
"Stirring drama"
The Guardian
"meaty drama"
2nd-4th September 2013, 8pm
Established by four 2012 Guildhall School of Music and Drama graduates, Invertigo are an audience-centric theatre company and production house.
Our mission is to represent the lesser-known — new work, unique ways of storytelling and adaptations of unfamiliar European work.
Our drive and creativity has been widely recognised through awards such as the Deutsche Bank Award for Creative Enterprises 2012 as well as a creative space residency at IdeasTap. We have just taken an ambitious programme of work to HighTide Festival 2013 as resident company.
We are thrilled to be taking Outside on the Street as our debut to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Invertigo would like to thank the following people, for their help and support with this production:
The entire team at the Pleasance, Robert Carreon, Janis Price, Wendy Allnutt, Kay Michael, Chloe Edwards, Fiona Laird, the team at IdeasTap, Deutsche Bank, Scottish Daily Mail, all the actors, directors, writers involved in Senses (HighTide), Montezuma, Kickstarter, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Colin Mander at Calculated Manufacturing
Our expenses at Edinburgh were part-funded by our successful Kickstarter campaign. Thanks to your incredible generosity we were 166% funded within days!
A huge thank-you to our Edinburgh Kickstarter contributors:
David Sterne, Patricia Leahy, Zoe and Aidan Briggs, Andrew Cahn, Jonathan Barnwell, Donnek, Laura Nolier, Solomon Tackie, The Flett Family, Trisha Bowie, Alun and Ruth Davies, Lynn Smart/ Diarmuid Drury, Seiriol Tomos, Roger Owen, Dave Andrews, Mollie Keane, Cara Theobold, Robert Carreon, Dodi Beardshaw, Geraldine Alexander, David Lai, Jack Francis, Garmon Rhys, Ruth O’Dowd, Katherine Rose Morley and Jacki Barnwell.
