Darwin's Worms
Darwin held a lifelong fascination with the humble earthworm – working its way through the mud and slime, passing and cleansing the planet as it goes. The earth, it seems, can manage without us – but would it cope without the worm?
DARWIN’S WORMS is a highly theatrical slant on his love of these creatures but in a manner that talks about now – about the supposedly feral youth of today, about the encroaching wriggle of fundamentalism and about the world we have passed through our many and various systems and delivered to future generations. It will be highly visual, very comic and very powerful… are we still evolving? If so, in what direction?
Through the form of a distinctly surreal and twisted science lecture demonstration, a team of crack scientists take the stage and compete to out perform one another in re-creating some of Darwin’s more bizarre experiments - such as playing the worms the bassoon to see how they react!
But then, in the darkened room of the scientists laboratory something begins to go awry… the worm comes to life, and turns on it’s creator… the experiment takes over the stage and a world is brought to life that is out of control.
“Wonderfully sardonic pitch-black comedy. Witty one-liners abound throughout… "
"Glorious and innovative - left me breathless”
We are proud to say that no worms have been injured during the course of this production! Though some wiggled out in a row over billing & merchandising rights…
DARWIN’S WORMS is a highly theatrical slant on his love of these creatures but in a manner that talks about now – about the supposedly feral youth of today, about the encroaching wriggle of fundamentalism and about the world we have passed through our many and various systems and delivered to future generations. It will be highly visual, very comic and very powerful… are we still evolving? If so, in what direction?
Through the form of a distinctly surreal and twisted science lecture demonstration, a team of crack scientists take the stage and compete to out perform one another in re-creating some of Darwin’s more bizarre experiments - such as playing the worms the bassoon to see how they react!
But then, in the darkened room of the scientists laboratory something begins to go awry… the worm comes to life, and turns on it’s creator… the experiment takes over the stage and a world is brought to life that is out of control.
“Wonderfully sardonic pitch-black comedy. Witty one-liners abound throughout… "
"Glorious and innovative - left me breathless”
We are proud to say that no worms have been injured during the course of this production! Though some wiggled out in a row over billing & merchandising rights…
Cast & Creative TeamMalcolm
Richard Oldham Susan / Danni Jo Mousley Nick Farino/ Leon Dean Ramsden Lighting & Sound Johnny Khan Costumes Carley Marsh Script Mick Martin Director/ Designer Jude Wright |
Tour Dates - Autumn20 October
Arts Centre Wakefield 21 October Arts Centre Darlington 22 & 23 October Square Chapel Halifax 29 & 30 October Stage One Theatre Leeds University 5 November Arena Theatre Wolverhampton 11 November Rose Theatre Ormskirk 12 November Arts Centre Pocklington 19 November The Show Room Chichester |
Tour Dates - Spring4 March
Queen Elizabeth II Centre London 12 March Arts Centre Bridgwater 16 March Wortley High School Leeds 18/19 March Contact Theatre Manchester 23 March Balshaw High School Leyland 26 March Royal Literary Society Bath |
