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Photos by Giulia Delprato
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’Martha Pailing’s performance is beguilingly wide eyed and profoundly honest. She draws us in quickly and keeps us there until the end, as we relate and meditate in equal shares on the minutiae of life she presents to us.’
- Linda Hampton, altblackpool
'[Pailing’s] style is surreal and subject to extreme flights of fancy but keep its feet on the ground at all times. Hers, we predict, is a name that you’ll definitely be hearing again in the future.'
- Ben Willmott, live4ever
Background People is a series of short absurdist stories exploring the line between commitment and obligation and the 107 decisions crammed in between.
Written/performed by Martha Pailing
Dramaturgy by Annie Siddons
Set/costume design by Jonathan Van Beek
Postcard illustrations by Cole Turner
Produced by Katy McLeod
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R&D DATES:
June 2018 @ Bootleg Social, Blackpool
July 2018 @ the Roundhouse, London
July 2018 @ Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle
R&D SUPPORTED BY ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND, ROUNDHOUSE & LEFTCOAST.
