Hooky Productions return to speak once more about their present Experiment Human
Back in the beginning of 2022 we spoke to Maya and Rosa from Hooky Productions, who had been deep in preparations to take their present Experiment Human to VAULT Festival. A couple of days after we recorded the interview the competition was cancelled!
Thankfully it didn’t cease them, and the present discovered new locations to play all through 2022, together with Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It additionally picked up just a few awards on its travels, together with our personal Ettie Award for greatest comedy. You can learn our evaluation from final 12 months right here.
The present is now again for 2023, and following a short visit this 12 months’s VAULT Festival will probably be making its approach to Oxford this week earlier than making its approach to the South coast for Brighton Fringe in May.
It due to this fact felt like a good time to meet up with Maya and Rosa to seek out out simply what they’ve been as much as since we final spoke, and whether or not they ever fear that Benedict Cumberbatch has by some means positioned a curse on them for what they might or could not do to him within the present.
Experiment Human
Monkion has spent too lengthy within the attic, obsessive about Benedict Cumberbatch, by no means speaking to every other human – till now…
Blending darkish comedy with the surreal, Experiment Human tells the story of Monkion, a non-human creature, curious to grasp the unusual world exterior their laboratory within the attic. Having seized actor Benedict Cumberbatch on the peak of his fame to guard him from the media, Monkion has failed to offer Cumberbatch what he must survive.
Join Monkion of their new experiment: Experiment Human. Enter the narrative and the darkish fact of Monkion’s story will unfold…
Will the experiment succeed? What will occur if it doesn’t?
Oxford Old Fire Station – 20 April. tkts right here.
Brighton Fringe – 17 – 21 May. tkts right here.
You can discover out extra in regards to the present and upcoming dates on their web site right here.