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The Sensemaker

With its razor-sharp sense of humour and its unclassifiable genre, multi-award winning ‘The Sensemaker’ features a dystopian battle between a woman and an answering machine.

$18 - $25 (Servie fee may apply)
60 minutes
Thu 16 - Sat 18 February
Thu 16 Feb, 8:45pm - 9:45pm
Fri 17 Feb, 8:45pm - 9:45pm
Sat 18 Feb, 8:45pm - 9:45pm

'All of our collaborators are currently busy. Please wait, thank you'.

Have you ever waited on the phone for too long, with a muzak playing on a loop and an irritating robotic voice telling you endlessly that your request is being processed?
Yes, you have... And so does the protagonist of solo-show The Sensemaker until she is gradually stretched beyond her limits.

With its razor-sharp sense of humour and its unclassifiable genre, multi-award-winning The Sensemaker features a dystopian battle between a woman and an answering machine.

'It is a dance show in which the protagonist spends much of the time standing still. It is a piece of mime which can get very noisy indeed. It is both a dream and a nightmare' The Peg Review

'An astonishing, disturbing shapeshifting sliver of genius' ★★★★★ FringeReview
'A journey from darkly comic to deeply discomfiting' ★★★★★ Fringe Biscuit

FringeReview Award for Outstanding Theatre 2019

Buzz Award Gothenburg Fringe 2019

STOFF Award, Category Theatre and Spoken Words 2019

Performance Award Fisico Festival 2020

Contains coarse language, nudity, emotional abuse.

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