instructions

Scotsman Fringe First Award Winner

Every day a different unrehearsed performer takes to the stage, ready to receive instructions. Line-by-line a story unfolds, and a life unspools.

Instructions is about AI, creativity and the dying days of capitalism, performed by a different actor every day. They are about to give the performance of a lifetime as the borders between reality and fiction begin to blur.

Available for touring from Winter 2024. Video available on request.

★★★★ The Stage

“pushes the boundaries of art and life, gesturing towards an advancing technological future”

★★★★ The Scotsman

“distinctive, exhilarating and unique”

Please contact producer@subjectobject.co.uk to enquire.

instructions trailer.mp4

produced by Eve Allin

text and concept by Nathan Ellis

technical design by Harry Halliday

dramaturgy by Ben Kulvichit and Sam Ward

ighting-design by David Doyle

sound-design by Nat Norland

premiere 2nd August 2024 (Summerhall, Edinburgh)

2024

Summerhall, Edinburgh

2nd August-27th August

Inside Out Theatre, Beijing

14th December

2025

Huangpu Theatre, Shanghai

20th, 21st September

Trades Hall, Melbourne

2nd October-12th October

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

20th, 21st October

The performers so far have been: Amanda Dahl, Martha Harlan, Olivia Oprzynska, Maya McQueen, Bethany O'Halloran, Molly Vevers, Megan Shandley, Bea Pohl-Conner, Martha Watson Allpress, Laurie Ward, Brandon Grace, Temi Wilkey, Josie Dale-Jones, Nikhil Vyas, Millicent Wong, Camilla Anvar, Alice Morgan-Richards, Conor Dumbrell, Rachel Flynn, Nkara Stephenson, Tim Crouch, Beccy D'Souza, Paul Adefeya, Rosa Robson, Derek Mitchell, Amaia Naima Aguinaga, Jeremy Mcclain, Olatunji Ayofe, Anna Morris, Zhang Benyu, Li Tengfei, Zhu Fu, Liu Yang, Zhang Bojun, David Woods, John Marc Desengano, Tomáš Kantor, Shamita Siva, Hayley Edwards, Ash Flanders, Tom Ballard, Vidya Rajan, Christie Whelan Browne, Alex Hines.

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