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TOM LYALL
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Tom Lyall is a London-based writer and performer who has been a key creative contributor to some of the most exciting independent theatre of recent years. He is an associate artist of Shunt and long-time collaborator with Chris Goode. DEFRAG_ is his first solo work.
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DEFRAG_
Synopsis:
DEFRAG_ spins a tender story of lost love and artificial intelligence into a global fable spanning the collapse of civilisation and the dawn of a post-human techno-future. But it's not the end of the world.
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In Tom Lyall's eloquent, funny performance - previewed at CPT's Sprint festival in March - a damaged soul seeks a way to back up and recover the fragments of his life. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, a digital archive management system called Madeleine begins to develop a mind of her own and things take a turn for the altogether stranger... Part existentialist TED talk, part unlikely romance, DEFRAG_ is beautiful, profound, ridiculous, metaphysical theatre.
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part of FUTURESHOCK
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sci-fi epic
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Synopsis:
a sensitive evocation of the nature of companionship, and so by extension community, Longwave pits two scientists together in a shack somewhere in a post apocalyptic world, where they carry out experiments with just their radio and each other for company. In their isolated existence, living in such close proximity, the nuances of their individual characters gradually emerge to reveal the basic nature of human communication, interaction and tolerance within a community. Performed entirely without words, Longwave is a seductively bleak comedy with a tender heart.
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devised by Chris Goode, Tom Lyall And Jamie Wood; music by Mark Owen
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70 min Play/Drama
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