This Technicolor Play

Behind the idyllic facade of the postwar American home lurks the melodramatic and flamboyant style of Douglas Sirk's 1950s Technicolor cinema, shining an overly saturated light on the hypocrisy of outdated social norms that still dominate today’s entertainment and media. By interrogating the impact of Sirk’s 1955 melodramatic masterpiece 'All That Heaven Allows' on contemporary artistic practices, an ensemble of secondary stock characters — the Gossiping Busybody Neighbour, the Local Prominent Businessman, the Stern Moustachioed Police Chief, the Familiar Unassuming Milkman ... and Uncle Bernie — ultimately find themselves searching for sincerity amidst the haze of these outdated norms that permeates their shared liminal space, all while activating the Technicolor tropes of Sirkian filmmaking. What they uncover is the dark underbelly of melodrama — the ugly truth hidden beneath the bright veneer of ridiculously dramatic storytelling. This postdramatic fever dream seeks to expose this underbelly and transpose the lurid worlds of Sirkian cinema to the stage.

Cast & Creatives

Writer: Created and Performed by Not Quite Theatre co.

Director: Conceived and Directed by John Kurzynowski

Producer: Not Quite Theatre Co.

Producing Ensemble Member: Libby Symons

Sound Design: Alex Ansdell and John Kurzynowski

Lighting Design: Valentin Burwell

Assistant Director: Kim Whatmore

Date & Time: Friday 3rd October & Monday 6th October @6:30pm

Running Time:  75mins

Content warnings: Age 14+ Exploration of stereotypical gender roles and potentially misogynistic language

Latecomers may not be admitted. ​Ticket purchases are non refundable.

Concession prices apply to students; under 18s; pensioners; those on disability and unemployment benefits; Equity, BECTU & SDUK members.