Inspector Sands If That's All There Is
the terrific thing about this show is that it works on many levels and always underpins the comedy with real emotion... briliant, slippery... deliciously sharp and witty
Winner: Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Award 2009
The Guardian ‘Pick of the Fringe’ for “turning anxiety into an artform”
Shortlisted: Total Theatre Award 2009
Commissioned by leading UK theatre the Lyric Hammersmith, If That’s All There Is was a sell out hit at the Traverse Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival 09.
A couple are teetering on the brink of marriage. As the happiest day of their lives approaches, the panic begins to rise. And everyone’s watching.
Through the eyes of a jaded therapist and an awkward teenage girl we witness a case study of longing, envy, disappointment and violent urges, examining our obsession with seeking fulfilment at any cost.
For anyone who’s ever wanted to stand on a windswept plain, howling for lost love…
Inspired by the Peggy Lee version of the bittersweet existential song 'Is That All There Is?' by Lieber and Stoller, If That’s All There Is uses a bold visual style and absurd humour to explore the great effort we invest in seeking fulfillment.
Company Information
Inspector Sands is committed to creating outstanding theatre which fully embraces its live medium, incorporating visual, sound, textual and physical elements into a strongly integrated whole. Thematically, the company is interested in exploring how global events and trends inform everyday lives.
Since its formation in 2005, Inspector Sands has created two critically acclaimed, sell out shows which have toured extensively in the UK and to countries around the world. The company's first production, Hysteria, sold out its run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2006, gaining exclusively four and five star reviews, won a Total Theatre Award and was shortlisted for the Carol Tambor Award. It was selected to play at the South Bank Centre’s Purcell Room as part of the London International Mime Festival 2007 and since has toured extensively around the UK and internationally and played in New York in November 2010. Following the success of Hysteria, the company was commissioned by Lyric Hammersmith to make If That’s All There Is, which played at the Traverse Theatre in the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of the British Council Showcase and has since toured the UK, with further UK and international dates to come.
The company has also delivered workshops with practitioners and young people on tour and as part of longer term projects at the Lyric Hammersmith and BAC.
In 2009 Inspector Sands won the Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Award, a recognition of the development of their work so far and a commission to make a work-in-progress for the 2010 Edinburgh International Festival.
‘The Mass Observation Project’ (working title), a work in progress, was presented at The Hub, Edinburgh on 19 and 20 August 2010.
www.inspectorsands.com
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lucy@artsagenda.co.uk