MONEY the game show
Written
and directed by Clare Duffy
Designed
by Rhys Jarman Lighting Design by Richard Godin.
Sound
Design by Matt Angove. Original
Music by David Edwards
An Unlimited Theatre and Bush
Theatre co-production
MONEY the game show is a
playful journey through the madness of the financial system from Leeds-based
Unlimited Theatre and London’s
acclaimed new writing venue the Bush Theatre.
Casino
and Queenie used to be hedge fund managers. Before the financial crisis of
2008, that is. Now, in an inspired - or desperate - career move, they’ve turned
to performance art to share their stories of how to make (and lose) billions
from economic downturn.
Playing
with £10,000 in real pound coins, you are invited to bet long, short and hedge,
as game show hosts Casino and Queenie challenge you to play a series of high
stake games that show how the world’s economic system came to the brink of
collapse.
Risk
takers to the front, risk averse to the back. Welcome to MONEY the game show.
The
Bush Theatre teams up with Unlimited Theatre to take a playful and politically
sharp look at the roots of the 2008 financial crisis and its ongoing impact in
2014, as well as tackle the bigger questions: What is money? What is it worth?
And what happens when we stop believing in it?
MONEY the game show was
first developed as part of the Platform 18: New Directions Award, supported by
The Arches, Traverse Theatre and National Theatre of Scotland. It was fully
produced by Unlimited Theatre and the Bush Theatre, with the full production
receiving its world premiere in Feb 2013. The Autumn 2014 tour is
presented as part of REACH, a project bringing new theatre to the North East,
managed by ARC Stockton and Dep Arts Ltd and funded by Arts Council England.
Clare Duffy is a
founding member of Unlimited Theatre, a freelance playwright and has recently
completed a PhD by practice in writing for performance at Glasgow University. Her
first full length play, Crossings,
was commissioned by Sgript Cymru, won a Pearson award and a year-long residency
at the West Yorkshire Playhouse where she wrote A Good Man. She has
co-written most of Unlimited's work, including Neutrino, Zero Degrees and
Drifting, Tangle, The Moon The Moon, Mission to Mars and The Giant
and The Bear. Other works include Local
Reality Expo (CCA, Unity Theatre / Homotopia, Chapter Arts Centre), The Fall (BBC Radio
4), Black Tonic (The Other Way Works,
national touring) and Ana (Stellar
Quines and Imago Theatre, Montreal). In
2011 Duffy was awarded the Platform 18: New Directions Award to begin work on MONEY the game show (Traverse, The
Arches).
Based
in Leeds UK, Unlimited is what happens when the
artists Clare Duffy, Jon Spooner and Chris Thorpe make new work together. This
work is always co-created with equal partnership in the creative process and in
collaboration with an expanding pool of associate artists, scientists,
technologists and educators. At its heart is a sincere engagement with its
audience both in the process and moment of (co)creation. Unlimited formed in
1997 and is currently the resident company at West Yorkshire Playhouse. Recent
shows include The Noise, The Giant & The Bear, Mission To Mars and The Ethics of Progress and recent awards for the company include
Sir Arthur Clarke Award for Achievement in Space Education and Outreach 2011;
National Charity Awards 2011 (Arts, Culture and Heritage); and WISE Champion
Award 2011.
On The Web:
#moneygameshow
Tour Dates:
Bishop Auckland Town
Hall – 22 September
Queen’s
Hall Arts Centre, Hexham – 24 & 25 September
Saltburn
Community Theatre – 26 September
Seaton
Delaval Arts Centre – 27 September
The
Customs House, South Shields – 29
& 30 September
Arts
Centre Washington – 2
October
Alnwick
Playhouse – 3 October
ARC
Stockton Arts
Centre – 8 & 9 October
Hartlepool
Town Hall Theatre – 10 & 11 October
