A trickster spirit with a devilish wit, solid objects that pass through walls and a house with an untold secret. Part autobiography, part fantasy and dream, this unique show creates a haunting world of childhood yearning through an extraordinary synthesis of storytelling, improvisation, object animation, live music.....and sellotape.
Written by Phelim McDermott and based on a true and haunting childhood experience, 70 HILL LANE is the show that put Improbable on the map. It saw the beginning of our predilection for sticky tape and established many of the elements that were to become identified with our work.
70 HILL LANE has won several major awards including an OBIE for Outstanding Achievement in Off Broadway Theatre, the 1997 Time Out Award for Best Off West End Production, Best Performance at The Cairo International Theatre for Experimental Theatre and The Manchester Evening News Award for Best Fringe Production.
Written by:
Phelim McDermott with additional material by Guy Dartnell and Steve Tiplady.
Directed and Designed by:
Lee Simpson and Julian Crouch
Performed by:
Guy Dartnell, Steve Tiplady and Phelim McDermott
Lighting Design and Production Management by:
Colin Grenfell
Music composed, performed and directed by:
Ben Park
Funded by:
The Arts Council of England and London Arts Board
Photographs on website for 70 HILL LANE by:
Sheila Burnett, 1997
70 HILL LANE was first performed at The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, on 18 October 1996. It has performed to universal acclaim in America, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Lebanon, and Syria.
70 Hill Lane was one of our earliest pieces of work, and it is unlikely that it will be presented again- but if we do we will let you know!
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