Forget Fire
World premiere production devised by the company with
J.C. Marshall
"The best story is the most fantastical story"
But when such a story on Facebook
ends up making Jamie feel manipulated and powerless, she decides that getting
offline is the only way to get back in control.
2012 Fringe First winners Pepperdine Scotland
return to the Fringe with another world premiere, this time devised by the company
with Scottish playwright J.C. Marshall.
Inspired by magical realism, Forget Fire weaves together the language
of myth, science, and actual web content to explore what happens when the
things we imagine take on a life of their own.
"Maybe empathy is like the tail. We'll evolve it
away eventually"
Our pursuit of truthfulness and
solidarity in the age of the internet moves through the crossing over places
and along the paths and walls between worlds. It seeks sentries in this strange
new landscape. Does technology create new challenges or just intensify age old
struggles? Can we ever forget fire?
Building on the success of the past
two years, Forget Fire draws on the
strengths of both Scottish and American theatre tradition, continuing
Pepperdine Scotland's commitment to international collaboration through
co-creation by artists from both sides of the exchange.
Notes to Editors
J.C. MARSHALL has written
for numerous theatres including the West Yorkshire Playhouse, The Tron, and
Visible Fictions. As part of Slung Low she won the Oxford Samuel Beckett Award
with the show 'Helium.' She is currently exploring the role of 'Artist As
Public Witness' by being attached to both political campaign trails in the lead
up to the Scottish Independence referendum. Her work explores how theatre can
engage with ethics and philosophy.
PEPPERDINE SCOTLAND is the award-winning cultural and artistic exchange between Pepperdine
University's Department of Theatre and leading members of the Scottish Theatre
Community. Pepperdine has been performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
since 1985, and expanded its Scottish presence in 2012 with this exchange,
developed with support from Playwrights'
Studio Scotland and the Royal
Conservatoire of Scotland. The inaugural production, Why Do You Stand There In The
Rain? by Peter Arnott won a
Scotsman Fringe First Award and subsequently toured Scotland in 2013.
