Win two pairs of tickets to Spillikin at Bristol's Redgrave Theatre
Posted on: 08 Feb 2017Spillikin is the touching and evocative story of a woman with Alzheimers and her robot companion. 365Bristol have two pairs of tickets to give away to the show on Thursday February 16th at Bristol's Redgrave Theatre.
Pipeline Theatre’s story of a woman with Alzheimers living with a robot companion is not only a deeply touching exploration of love, but it stars an amazing state-of-the-art robot as a full cast member. It premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe last year to rave reviews and was nominated for the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award.
Pipeline’s artistic director and designer Alan Munden has personal experience of Alzheimers: “Making work about what you know or desire to better understand, I think lends it integrity. My mother has Alzheimer’s. I am frightened when I try to imagine her experience, but intrigued and excited to manifest it on stage, and wish I had the patience of a robot.”
It's simple to enter the competition: Click on our Contact Us section, fill in the details and in the 'Your Message' section write "Spillikin". Easy! The winner will be drawn at 4pm on Wednesday 15th February 2017. Good luck!
It’s the '70s. Sally likes Debbie Harry, Raymond likes making robots; they’re an unlikely pair. Fifty years later, after a long, childless and sometimes bumpy marriage, Sally has Alzheimers. Before Raymond died he created a robot, uploaded with his memories, to keep her company. It’s the ultimate love letter from beyond the grave: an endlessly patient memory-jogger and singing partner, it gives order to her confusion, and becomes a new partner in the oddest of odd-couple romances. But as Sally’s mind fades, will the robot be more of a comfort or a threat? Spillikin will make you laugh, cry, and ponder big questions of love, death, and technology.
After the show there will be a Q&A session with a chance to meet the company, as well as the chance to get up close and personal with the robot, and find out more about him.
Tickets to the show are available at £12 for adults, £10 concessions and £8 for students. For more info and to book tickets please click here.
“An astonishing piece of theatre that allows a box of blinking lights and whirring gears to move us fallible humans to tears ... a production to remember.” ***** The Edinburgh Guide
“This is a perfectly constructed and superbly acted play.” ***** British Theatre Guide
The Redgrave Theatre is located at Clifton College in Bristol. The auditorium seats 323 people and there is plenty of on-street parking available around the venue.
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