Press Release

Wake Up Theatre’s 130,000

Lincoln Performing Arts Centre (LPAC)
Wake Up Theatre debut production 130,000 will be performed at the Lpac on Monday 20th May 2013, at 7.3-pm. This will be a one of performance.

130,000 explores the hidden complexities surrounding knife crime in Britain. Merging Roy Williams fictional play Fallout, inspired by the murders of Stephen Lawrence and Damilola Taylor, with verbatim testimony taken from the Stephen Lawrence inquiry; we will experiment with the collaboration of fact and fiction, to create a compelling and contemporary response to gang related culture.

Tickets are £5 or £15 as part of a pass to see all four final degree theatre company shows. Tickets are available from www.lpac.co.uk or the box office located in the Lpac by the Zing café. It should be noted that 130,000 contains strong language and themes of violence throughout.

About Wake Up Theatre
Wake up Theatre Company consists of 12 graduating students who are passionate about making thought provoking, inspiring and stimulating theatre. We are interested in compelling audiences into questioning the world they live in.  To question society and humanity. Our work will be a hybrid of documentary, scripted and devised theatre. We are currently exploring knife crime and its affects from different perspectives. How people view knives, how people use knives, how people pass the blame.

Contact Us
Please feel free to contact us at wakeuptheatre@hotmail.co.uk