WE KNOW NOW SNOWMEN EXIST
5 Girls. 1 Tent. No Survivors.
With an all female, all Scottish cast, Highly Suspect Theatre present We Know Now Snowmen Exist – an original drama based on the true story of the unsolved Dyatlov Pass Incident of 1959
Cumbrian Theatre company Highly Suspect, are thrilled to be bringing their award-winning female driven original thriller We Know Now Snowmen Exist to London this March 19th-23rd at The Space.
We Know Now Snowmen Exist was the smash hit at the Carlisle Fringe Festival in 2018. It won the Creative Spark Commission for New Theatre in a sold out five stars run! It is now a finalist for the prestigious Cumbria Culture Awards Live Production of the Year. As a Cumbrian based theatre company, Highly Suspect are delighted to have this opportunity to stage the production in London. It has been developed in association with multi award winning producer Adam Morley (Greater Game, Billionaire boy, Inspector Morse).
We Know Now Snowmen Exist is based on the urban legends surrounding the Dyatlov Pass Incident in which a group of hikers died on a Russian mountainside in inexplicable circumstances. Events have been updated and set in modern day with an all-female, all Scottish cast portraying strong, fierce – and filthy – woman who set out on a charity hiking trip, and never return.
What really awaits the girls outside the relative safety of their tent – and more importantly, do they really know who’s inside it? This psychological horror transfers events to the modern day, exploring a mystery that has remained unsolved for 60 years. Why was the tent cut open? Why were the bodies partially dressed in each other’s’ clothing? And what was meant by the group’s chilling final journal entry; ‘We know now that snowmen exist’.
Director Lexie Ward says “We are incredibly excited to bring We Know Now Snowmen Exist to London. It is a play that mixes a terrifying urban legend (don’t google The Dyatlov Pass before bed!) with these raucous relatable Scottish characters, discussing everything from Netflix and Chill to the issues with shee-wees. As a company Highly Suspect passionate about working with and promoting regional voices, so are thrilled that Snowmen has an all Scottish cast, and that all of the cast and creative team are either natively Cumbrian, or were trained/reside there. ”
***** “Goosebump-inducing, powerful stuff, this is relevant, necessary theatre” & “90 minues if laughter, tension, goosebumps and tears.” – A Stagey Lady
“I have rarely seen a cast so strong and together.” -The Cumberland News
We Know Now Snowmen Exist will run from March 19th-23rd 7.30pm nightly at The Space, The Isle of Dogs ( 269 Westferry Road, London, E14 3RS). Tickets are £14/£10 and can be purchased at www.space.org.uk/event/we-know-now-snowmen-exist/