ALEXANDER LASS - THEATRE DIRECTOR

GIANT LEAP

BY MICKEY DOWN AND KONRAD KAY

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4 STARS from Dominic Cavendish in The Telegraph

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4 STARS in Time Out Edinburgh

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4 STARS in The List

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4 STARS in ONE4REVIEW

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GIANT LEAP is a fast-talking, foul-mouthed comedy-drama in which a group of writers are tasked with creating the crowning line of their careers: Neil Armstrong's first words as America stages the 1969 Moon landing...at a movie studio in Hollywood.

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Personal dreams, political machinations and naked ambition all will be aired, but beneath the bluster of the rocket-fuelled, booze-soaked exchanges lies a tragic and sinister darkness - secrecy, deception and blackmail - bywords for Nixon's America.

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GIANT LEAP examines the stories we tell ourselves to justify our actions, the role of myth in a nation's conception of itself, and the powerful narcotic that lies in promising each individual their own American Dream.

 

CAST

Priscilla Adade

Graham Elwell

Jeremy Lloyd

Phil Nichol

Lewis Schaffer

Tom Stade

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CREATIVE & PRODUCTION

Writers: Mickey Down and Konrad Kay

Director: Alexander Lass

Designers: Patti Sanpher and Helen Rogers

Music: Roly Witherow

Lighting: Stu Glover

Poster Illustration: Dominic McKenzie

Promotional photography: Steve Ullathorn

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Produced by Comedians Theatre Company, Alexander Lass, Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, in association with Katie Pesskin at The Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe, 2015

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