New Diorama Theatre & Greenwich Theatre present
SECRET LIFE OF HUMANS
· August 2-28, 18:30, Pleasance Courtyard
· Inspired by Yuval Harari’s bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
· From the multi-award winning company behind 2015s sell-out Down & Out in Paris and London and 2013s Kubrick3
· In-house production from Peter Brook Empty Space Award and The Stage’s Fringe Theatre of the Year 2016 award winners
In 1949, Dr Jacob Bronowski installs a secret, alarmed room in his house. Fifty years later his grandson discovers his secrets, unearthing echoes of six million years of human history, compressed into a single century in which every year is a revolutionary year.
New Diorama Theatre will premiere their new in-house production Secret Life of Humans as part of the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, ahead of a full London run in 2018.
The show, inspired by Yuval Harari’s international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind,has been written by New Diorama’s Artistic & Executive Director David Byrne, co-directed with Idle Motion’s Kate Stanley and devised by the company behind NDT’s award-winning productions ofKubrick3 and Down and Out in Paris & London.
Writer and Co-Director David Byrne says “Secret Life of Humans is by far our most ambitious and exciting production to date. However daunting it can be to open a brand new devised show at the Festival, we’re delighted to be premiering at The Pleasance as part of the 70th anniversary of the Fringe.”
Secret Life of Humans is a New Diorama Theatre production, co-produced with Greenwich Theatreand The Pleasance. The show is also supported by Arts Council England and PRS For Music Foundation.
New Diorama are also backing many of their supported theatre companies at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival, including The Pretend Men with Police Cops In Space, In Bed With My Brother’s We Are Ianand, following on from NDT’s 2017 City of Culture Showcase, four Hull-based companies, including Silent Uproar with A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) written by Olivier award-winner Jon Brittain. As well as cash and in-kind support, New Diorama is providing funds to allow every NDT supported company to host a captioned access performance at the Fringe.
What the press have said:
★★★★ “An energetic production and superb script…A significant and timely play.”
The Observer on Down & Out in Paris and London
★★★★ “Deft and compelling”
Time Out on Down & Out in Paris and London
★★★★★ “Should be mandatory viewing for everyone”
The Big Issue on Down & Out in Paris and London
LISTINGS
The Secret Life of Humans
By David Byrne
New Diorama Theatre and Greenwich Theatre
August 2-28 (not 14), 18:30
Pleasance Courtyard