It might be 20 years old, but Simon Stephens’ early play Bluebird could have been written yesterday – and not only because of the many very apt references to the stiflingly hot weather.
Q&A livestream: How many f-bombs are there in One Minute? Does it matter?
Some of the language in Simon Stephens’ 2003 play One Minute sparked a local controversy in Cirencester amongst some theatregoers who found it to be excessive, unnecessary and offensive. The Barn Theatre embraced the feedback and made it a focus of the post-show Q&A chaired by Mates co-founder Terri Paddock on 25 May 2018…
FEATURED SHOW: One Minute at the Barn Theatre, ★★★★★ reviews are in!
The Secret Garden set a high benchmark, but the Barn Theatre has matched it with another round of rave reviews for its second offering, Simon Stephens’ fragmentary meditation on grief, One Minute, helmed by artistic director Iwan Lewis. We’ve rounded up some of our favourite review highlights below – and a Mates’ Twitter take from opening night.
‘I’m fascinated by the law of six degrees of separation’: Artistic director Iwan Lewis on Simon Stephens’ One Minute
Twenty-nine-year-old actor turned artistic director Iwan Lewis makes his directorial debut with a fresh take on Simon Stephens’ 2003 play One Minute, as the second offering at the new Barn Theatre in Cirencester. Here, he explains why he’s so fascinated by Stephens’ fragmentary play about lives affected by the disappearance of a child…