FLINCH

BY EMMA HEMINGFORD

 

"WHEN I MICROWAVE FOOD, I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FLOOR, I CAN’T WATCH THE NUMBERS TICKING DOWN. ANOTHER FORTY SECONDS CLOSER TO DEATH. AND, WORSE, FAILURE."

 

Jess is an actor, or will be, as soon as she hears back from her latest audition. Mark works in the City, a trader who feels he’s never really been ‘pick of the bunch’. The pair are a little under-ripe, but definitely fine almost some of the time, until the night they have an experience that threatens to peel away everything they thought they knew. The fallout from this slip-up probes the extent to which we are accountable for our reflexes – and why some things make us go bananas.

 

A raw, discomfiting comedy about gender roles; Flinch takes an unabashed look at emasculation, failure and the struggle for intimacy.

 

From emerging company Sounds Like Thunder who have just returned from a sell-out, 5* run at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival of their show Kidding. 

 

With support from the Split Infinitive Trust. 

 

CAST 
MARK: JOE REED
JESSICA: EMMA HEMINGFORD 

 

TEAM 
DIRECTED BY ROSALIND BRODY 
WRITTEN BY EMMA HEMINGFORD
PRODUCED BY LEILA SYKES
assistant producer marie-elena nash
ARTWORK BY LAURA WHITEHOUSE

 

Praise for Sounds Like Thunder: 

“Impossible to fault” (Ed Strang for EFR, ★★★★★)

“I kid you not, this is the best play at the Fringe” (Ella Gryf-Lowczowska for EFR, ★★★★★) 

“Heartfelt… wholesome, intimate theatre” (Amy Bonar, ThreeWeeks ★★★★)

“Interesting and unexpected… delicately handled” (David Pollock, The Scotsman)

 

 

Age guidance: 14+ (Contains adult themes, including references to sex and mild swearing)

Running time: 75 mins approx.

 

 

Tuesday 28th May - Saturday 15th June 2019
Tuesday - Saturday 7.30pm

TICKETS £15.50 (£13.50 CONCESSIONS)
PREVIEW TICKETS TUESDAY 28TH MAY £10

For further ticket information please click here or call 0333 012 4963 for all booking enquiries.