Kursk

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Kursk
A Young Vic and Fuel co-production
Sound&Fury’s
In collaboration with Bryony Lavery
Commissioned by The Junction, Cambridge

A British hunter-killer submarine is on patrol in the arctic. The crew drill, sleep, eat, and long for word from home. But when a tragic event occurs the pressure they live under starts to take its toll.

Inspired by the Russian submarine disaster of August 2000, Kursk invokes the life of submariners, fathoms below the icy seas on the fraying front line of the cold war.

The Daily Telegraph
*****
…the most brilliantly immersive piece of theatre I’ve seen all year…

Recommended 12+ Please note this is a promenade performance and there is no seating.

Sound&Fury is a collaborative theatre company directed by Mark Espiner, Tom Espiner and Dan Jones. Their artistic interest is in developing the physical and sonic elements of theatre offering the audience new ways of experiencing performance and stories in an immersive environment and by heightening the aural sense. Previous work includes The Watery Part of the World – where the audience were plunged into total darkness where they witnessed the thrill of a 19th century whale hunt – and Ether Frolics, which took the audience on a theatrical anaesthetic trip. Kursk was first performed at the Young Vic in London in June 2009 and was subsequently selected to be part of the British Council Showcase at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Fuel is a producing organisation working in partnership with some of the most exciting theatre artists in the UK to develop, create and present new work for all ages.

The Young Vic presents the widest variety of classics, new plays and music theatre, touring and co-producing in the UK and abroad.