It sounds a bit like Lost, but in theatre form and it has already had a couple of successful try outs and is developing all the time. Fifteen members of the audience (blindfolds optional) must help a group of friends get out of the wilderness after their plane crashes. Image from Chronic Insanity's All Falls Down.Īll Falls Down is the latest from Nottingham-based company Chronic Insanity. I’d agree, but below are a few shows in the first week that have caught my eye and which should certainly be worth your time. In these circumstances, making any selection in advance may feel as if it’s unnecessary and beside the point.
So, it’s definitely a place to spot future hits and hit makers. So too did Joseph Charlton’s Anna, which then found its way to the West End and the Harold Pinter Theatre when theatres started re-opening in 2021. Last year’s brilliant Edinburgh hit, SAP, began life at the Vaults in 2019 and comes to Soho in April. It's a festival when, on any evening, being adventurous often pays dividends, not least because so many (but not all) of the companies involved do not have long track records or are trying out work at a very early stage.
The pricing policy for shows reflects that and encourages audiences in their lucky dip approach. The atmosphere is loud and energising, audiences and artists mingle side by side, and plenty of people initially just go for a drink and then take in a couple of shows on the spur of the moment.
It’s a great place to see where theatre might be going, and it’s needed more than ever when the pandemic has wrought such damage to theatre’s talent pipelines the Edinburgh Fringe gets ever more expensive and inaccessible for many artists, and funding cuts to outfits, such as Hampstead Theatre and the Stockroom, do damage to new writing.īut the other thing which the VAULT Festival also provides is a unique experience for audiences who can have a great night out, while supporting rising artists. So, here we are, three years after the last festival was rudely interrupted by the pandemic, the crucial VAULT Festival returns to provide a space where emerging artists from all over the country can try out their ideas.
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