Ro Higgs

Artistic director @brickfoxtc | silly little creative x

[Sam Pout @sam_pout]

LAST SHOW TODAY!

Come along to our last show today! 5:30pm @OmnibusTheatre #fisheyeplay

We gonna go out with a big bang, glitter ball and all!!!

We’ll all be sticking around for drinks after as well so come join the party!!!x

[Frederick @notquitezennor]

there’s one final show @OmnibusTheatre tomorrow, if I were you I’d book a ticket now otherwise the next time it’s playing you might be paying half a fortune on the West End

Tickets 🎟️ https://t.co/LYaOPr939A

[Frederick @notquitezennor]

FISHEYE packs a punch, enrapturing its audience and offering enough techno-philosophical meat to chew on to warrant a longer encore

smart producers will be hopping on this to commission a longer run for their next season before someone else snaps it up

[Frederick @notquitezennor]

in fact this is the case for the whole roster (including Mai Weisz’ Iona!)

there’s an attention to detail in FISHEYE that many other shows miss, a commitment to elevating these characters beyond archetypes

it’s a testament to writing, direction + performance in perfect harmony

[Frederick @notquitezennor]

so much is left unsaid about Phi, yet Noy is able to bring a wealth of character work and history to the role that the character feels far more than inciting incident, the unspoken subtexts hold as much as the dialogue

it’s something Douglas plays off with buzzing electricity

[Frederick @notquitezennor]

Ruaridh Aldington pulls triple duty balancing comedy, tragedy and antagonism in a very tricky role, yet he pulls it off with ease, charm and a commanding presence of the space

but the real star of the show is Claire Noy’s sly, understated yet devilishly scene-stealing Phi

[Frederick @notquitezennor]

there’s an exemplary marriage between Higgs’ direction + Han Sayles’ lighting design that aids in creating the omniscient omnipresence that lingers in the Omnibus

likewise the cast are marvellous, Flora Douglas offering an endearing mercurial energy that captures instantly

[Frederick @notquitezennor]

it’s highly effective + draws you deep into the narrative’s spiderweb, particularly once it divulges from its source material + you’re suddenly thrust into the unknown

tight transitions, a refreshingly green set design and a kineticism to the movement gives FISHEYE a sharp edge

[Frederick @notquitezennor]

@sam_pout’s script is a clever interplay of the contemporary relationship drama that’s disturbed and displaced enough to unsettle in uncanny valley

Rosa Higgs’ direction runs with this, creating an intimate space that ratchets up the tension to proportions of Greek tragedy

[Frederick @notquitezennor]

a glittering biblical epic drenched in a solar-punk digital nightmare

FISHEYE reimagines the book of Genesis as a cyber futurist utopia, mapping the ancient into present anxieties of climate change, artificial intelligence, burgeoning queer identities and existential dread

[Sam Pout @sam_pout]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from @lostintheatre for #FisheyePlay

'an impressively ambitious range of topics over the course of an hour [...] peppering the seriousness of the situation with inflections of sparky humour'

Fisheye, @OmnibusTheatre 4-9 July.

(📸 Abby Timms Photography)

[Sam Pout @sam_pout]

'a captivating piece, featuring a clear-cut exploration of the meaning of life'

A fantastic response from @Cindy_Marcolina at @BroadwayWorldUK

We run till 9th July, don't miss it!!

(📸 Abby Timms Photography )

[Katherine White (she/her) @White_K_Mary]

FISHEYE by @sam_pout utterly rips open the human experience and need to survive, whilst building a queer framework of undeniable love. What a piece of theatre. Bravo!
FISHEYE closes this Sunday @OmnibusTheatre do not miss it.

[Callum Pardoe @cal_pardoe]

@sam_pout 's Fisheye @OmnibusTheatre - splendid slice of queer sci fi, absolutely phenomenal stuff across every aspect, closes Sunday, see it!

[Pip Williams @otherpwilliams]

Really recommend checking this out if you can- a really beguiling and well-crafted script about loneliness, technology and the gods we’ve made, with three gorgeous performances. I reckon it’ll go very far, see it before it gets huge!

[Charlie Dupré 💙 @CharlieDupre]

See Fisheye before it ends! I found it to be an intricately created, expansively unfurling love note to humans and robots. Extremely pleasing.

[Everything Theatre @EveryTheatre]

#Review: Fisheye @omnibustheatre ★★★★ "is an incredible piece of writing with a depth that leaves room for endless debate afterwards."

Plays as part of @AIFestLDN until Sunday.

#theatre #fringetheatre #clapham #AIFestival

https://t.co/qcCRTONYfF

[Dan Rebellato is on Bluesky @DanRebellato]

The correct answer was FISHEYE by Sam Pout at Omnibus Theatre in Clapham. A really exciting writing debut that delivers an urgent but thoughtful, high-concept but also funny, psychological drama about AI, desire, & the apocalypse. Beautifully acted and directed too. Ends Sunday.

[Liz Schafer @lizjschafer]

@RHULDrama amazing alumna!

[Dan Rebellato is on Bluesky @DanRebellato]

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