TALKING ABOUT THE FIRE
Written and Performed by Chris Thorpe
Wednesday 6 August, 6:00pm
China Plate and Staatstheater Mainz
present
Talking About The Fire
Created by Chris Thorpe and
Claire O’Reilly
Written and performed by Chris Thorpe
Developed
with Rachel Chavkin
Nuclear weapons could destroy us all, right now
- so why aren't we talking about them?
Sometimes the threat slides
into view - Russia invades Ukraine - but that doesn’t make the weapons
more dangerous. They’re always dangerous. And one day, deliberately or
accidentally, they’ll be used again.
On the 80th anniversary
of the bombing of Hiroshima comes a one-off performance of a show and a
conversation about a new nuclear weapons treaty - one that’s trying to
give the power to eliminate nuclear weapons to the states, and people, who
don’t possess them.
Created by seven-time Fringe First winner
Chris Thorpe and Claire O’Reilly (Abbey Theatre) and developed with Tony
Award-winning Rachel Chavkin.
★★★★★ ‘It’s
all masterfully put together… this show culminates in an encounter that
really puts the ‘alive’ into ‘live theatre’. – Time
Out
★★★★★ “It’s precisely the
feeling of community and comfort in the room that makes the horror of what
Thorpe is describing so powerful.” – Broadway World
★★★★
“Informative and deeply affecting… Thorpe is an assured and
tremendously engaging performer.” – The Stage
★★★★ “Chris
Thorpe does what he does with a performative skill that is off-thecharts
brilliant. It is an extraordinary evening of theatre.” – Theatre
Reviews Hub
Supported by Battersea Arts Centre, the Albany,
Véronique Christory and using public funding by the National
Lottery through Arts Council England.
Creative Team
Writer
& Performer | Chris Thorpe
Director | Claire O’Reilly
Designer
| Eleanor Field
Lighting Designer | Arnim Friess
Re-lighter
| Rob Athorn
Production Manager | Rob Athorn
Deputy
Production Manager | Adam Steed
Script developed with | Rachel
Chavkin and Staatstheater Mainz
Collaborator/Advisor | Véronique
Christory
Youth Advisor | Zainab Rauf Tramboo
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Theatre
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£10.00 + £2.00 fee -
6 August 2025 -
90 minutes -
18:00 -
Shedinburgh -
16+ -
Strong language and themes of nuclear warfare. Audience participation is encouraged
