The Intrusion On Tour

Bric à Brac Theatre and Told by an Idiot are joining forces to present an unmissable dark
comedy, The Intrusion. The newly announced cast is set to bring this Kafka-inspired tale on a UK
tour, which follows a group of survivors navigating the end of human civilization, exploring the
very real and often overwhelming climate crisis. The show uses humour and original music to
create a comic production that offers audiences across the UK an anarchic look at extinction and
questions who gets to survive.


The cast comprises of the founding members of Bric à Brac Theatre, Kitty Devlin (Bridgerton)
and Alex Hinson (Glass Ceiling Beneath the Stars, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Mr. Gumpy’s Outing,
Riverside Studios). Devlin was previously Associate Director and now an Associate Artist at
Punchdrunk Enrichment and Hinson is a New York Sarah Lawrence College and Jacques Lecoq
graduate. Joining Kitty and Alex is Siobhan Cha Cha (Birmingham Rep’s Little Red Riding Hood)
who will complete the cast of this fresh response to the climate emergency.
Director and fellow founding member of Bric à Brac, Anna Marshall, is currently Resident
Director on the National Theatre’s production of War Horse and specialises in collaborative and
devised theatre. Working alongside Anna is art director Michael Julings (co-founder of Piñata);
sound designer Ellie Isherwood (The Fir Tree, artdepot); lighting designer Anna Reddyhoff (The
Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, the Garrick) and creative captioner Virginie Taylor (London
Performance Studios).


Bric à Brac Theatre and Told by an Idiot will blend their innovative storytelling to present a
comedic and captivating show that follows a community in the aftermath of a climate disaster.
This devised work demonstrates both companies’ belief in the power of physical comedy to
share important information and encourage discussion.


The show has been developed in partnership with both expert voices and local communities’
experiences of, and attitudes towards, climate change. Through an outreach workshop
programme, participants gain first-hand experience in Told by an Idiot and Bric à Brac’s
collaborative approach to creating work, delving deeply and personally into the themes of The
Intrusion.


Bric à Brac Theatre are a Lecoq trained devising company who champion feminist theatre to
address taboo subjects. Unafraid to push the boundaries, their collaborative practice aims to
tackle challenging current affairs and showcase stories that deserve to be seen onstage.
Combining various theatre mediums, Bric à Brac creates work that causes their audiences to
become proactive and ask questions, all whilst maintaining the desire to develop meaningful
connections.


Paul Hunter, artistic director of Told by an Idiot commented, We are delighted to announce our
new collaboration with our associate company Bric à Brac. The Intrusion is a highly theatrical
fable inspired by Kafka, which fuses elements of the real and the fantastic, the documentary and
the dream. As the world hurtles ever closer to climate catastrophe, we were interested in
supporting a playfully comic response to a desperate situation. With creative use of creative
captioning and dynamic original music, this is a show that will play across both theatre spaces
and in the heart of local communities. The Intrusion continues the Idiots’ commitment to
supporting the next generation of innovative theatre makers, and we look forward to once again
engaging with audiences across the UK.


Bric à Brac Theatre said “We are thrilled to be creating this new show alongside the
brilliant Told by an Idiot, a company we’ve long admired. We are excited to delve into the
challenging topic of climate change and create a hilarious call to arms for our audiences that
provokes, engages and leaves them with a flicker of hope.”

Tickets
The Intrusion
https://www.toldbyanidiot.org/
https://www.bricabractheatre.com/

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