US and THEM
Options Theatre Company landed at Laycock Street Community Theatre
Options Theatre Company’s latest Live Stage Performance, US and THEM arrived on the main stage at Laycock Street Community Theatre on Friday, 2 February 2024.
Us and Them is an original science fiction play by Options Theatre Company and tells the story of a group of people from an unknown race, on a floating rock, somewhere in space.
Gina lives on a grass covered rock floating in space. She is turning 21, and that means one thing to her floating rock civilisation… Choosing Day!
Gina must choose between a society divided into Us and Them or be forced to walk alone on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Faced with impossible decisions and a society at war with each other, which side will she choose?
Directed by Stuart Smith, Us and Them is an original sci-fi play created by Options Theatre Company which has been captivating audiences with four SOLD OUT Preview shows and a massive performance on the big stage at Laycock Street Community Theatre.
Us and Them aims to bring hope to a world dividing. It’s a metaphorical world to our own, people living on a floating rock in space who are perplexed by a question “who is right and who is wrong” and asked to pick a side.
What would it take to unite such a world?
With an original score by Musical Director, Andrew Sampford, US and THEM features music from Pink Floyd, Muse, Green Day, The Goo Goo Dolls, Moby, INXS, Radiohead and Neil Diamond.
Artistic Director, Stuart Smith said…
“Us and Them is a collaborative project with the creatives and cast at Options Theatre Company. We posed the question – What would it take to unite a divided world? Us and Them is our search for that answer. At the moment, our world is more interested in picking a side than searching for the truth – a universal truth that encompasses us all – and that simple truth is what Us and Them attempts to reveal.”
Original score by Musical Director Andrew Sampford
Choreography by Carolyn McNamara and Emily Marshall
Directed by Stuart Smith
Written by Stuart Smith with Shelly Edgington and Andrew Sampford
Workshopped with the OTC Ensemble
