The North East Theatre Guide: Preview: Fish Eye at On Tour Across The North East

Tuesday 25 October 2016

Preview: Fish Eye at On Tour Across The North East

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Theatre Alibi presents Fish Eye

On Tour Across The North East

Tue 15 & Wed 16 November 2016 - ARC Stockton Arts Centre

Thu 17 November 2016 – Arts Centre Washington

Sat 19 November 2016 – Seaton Delaval Arts Centre

Tue 22 November 2016 - The Customs House, South Shields

Wed 23 November 2016 – Queen’s Hall Arts Centre, Hexham

Thu 24 November 2016 - Alnwick Playhouse

Fri 25 November 2016 - Bishop Auckland Town Hall

Sat 26 November 2016 - Saltburn Community Theatre

Sun 27 November 2016 - Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre

Theatre Alibi has an excellent reputation for creating imaginative and enjoyable productions. Their latest show, Fish Eye, is a dark comedy about nosiness gone wild.

When someone steals Pam’s Elizabethan sideboard she’s convinced that one of her neighbours is the culprit. Turning the idea of Neighbourhood Watch completely on its head, she decides to watch her neighbours instead. With the help of her nephew who works in security, Pam graduates from curtain twitching to spy cameras hidden in hand-knitted novelties. What Pam uncovers is what she’s always suspected, that her neighbours are all on the verge of terrible crimes.

Fish Eye is a very funny sideways take on how the hacking of every inch of our lives has run completely out of control – Britain has more CCTV cameras in place than anywhere else in the world and the Sunday Times recently estimated that the average person is recorded between 70 and 100 times a day. The so-called “Snoopers Charter”, The Investigatory Powers Bill is currently going through Parliament, which will force telecoms companies and internet service providers to store every person’s communications data, including records of calls, texts, emails and their entire internet browsing history for a year.

Fish Eye is written by award-winning playwright Daniel Jamieson, whose play The Lovers of Vitebsk was performed this summer at London’s Globe Theatre. It is directed by Theatre Alibi’s Artistic Director Nikki Sved. Pam tells her own deeply dodgy story accompanied by live music and her very own spy camera footage.

Fish Eye is commissioned by REACH, a project bringing new theatre to the North East managed by ARC Stockton and Dep Arts Ltd and funded by Arts Council England.

On The Web:

theatrealibi.co.uk

@TheatreAlibi

Running Time 1 hour (approx)

Suitable for ages 14+

North East Tour Dates:

Tue 15 & Wed 16 Nov, 7pm - ARC Stockton Arts Centre

01642 525199 / www.arconline.co.uk

Thu 17 Nov, 7.30pm – Arts Centre Washington

0191 561 3455 / www.artscentrewashington.co.uk

Sat 19 Nov, 7.30pm – Seaton Delaval Arts Centre

0191 237 5460 / www.seatondelavalartscentre.com