LEAVE YOUR NOTIONS OF SANITY AND PREDICTABILITY AT THE DOOR

A contemporary re-imagining marking the 125th anniversary of H G Wells’ sci-fi classic, The Time Machine, comes to the iconic London Library

TICKETS: www.creationtheatre.co.uk/whats-on/time-machine

Inspired by HG Wells’ The Time Machine, Creation Theatre takes audiences on a journey through the labyrinth of the iconic London Library, to a world in which time travel has generated thousands of parallel universes.

Award-winning playwright Jonathan Holloway (BBC Audio Drama Awards, Edinburgh Fringe First Awards, Prix Italia) pulls apart this classic sci-fi novel, re-invents it, and pieces it back together to create a world in which the present is endlessly shifting, and the future is strange and uncertain. Travellers tinker with timelines causing people’s names, faces and indeed the colour of their socks to change without warning.

Directed by Natasha Rickman (The Faction Theatre Company, Associate director RSC’s A Comedy of Errors) this surreal and psychedelic adventure draws on cutting edge research from the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, which challenges perceptions and raises important questions about the future of neuroscience, big data, genomics and global connectedness.

Small audience groups will be led by their very own Time Traveller through the Library – where H G Wells was a member for over 50 years. Expect the unexpected and prepare to be provoked on this journey into the unknown.

The Time Machine was H G Wells’ first full-length work of fiction and was widely regarded as his finest literary achievement. The novel was first published in 1895 as a serialisation in The New Review, original copies of which can be found in The London Library. Wells became a member of the London Library the following year on 9th April 1896 at an extraordinarily productive period in his life having established a position as a major arrival on the literary scene.

Creative Team

Writer: Jonathan Holloway

Director: Natasha Rickman

Designer: Ryan Dawson Laight

Sound Designer: Matt Eaton

Cast: To Be Announced

LISTINGS

The Time Machine

Venue

The London Library
St Jame’s Square
London, SW1Y 4LG

Performance Dates

29 Feb – 5 April 2020
Wednesday to Sunday

Performance Times

Performances start at 7:00pm, 7:20pm, 7:40pm and 8:00pm
Sunday performances start at 5pm, 5:20pm, 5:40pm and 6pm

Ticket Prices

£32-£35
£28 London Library Members
£18 Previews

Box Office

www.creationtheatre.co.uk/whats-on/time-machine I 01865 766 266