Accidental Theatre are bringing a unique theatre experience to Belfast this March in The Lost Martini. Performed in a space designed as a hidden continental Jazz café in Belfast City Centre, audiences can entirely immerse themselves inside the production. Artistic Director Richard Lavery explains:
“In this immersive production, the separation between audience and cast is removed. There’s no stage, nowhere is out of bounds. The audience is right in the middle of the action, influencing what happens all around them. Accidental Theatre is using a radical performance style which breaks traditional theatre rules. Never before staged in Belfast”.
With two different ways to become involved in the performance, audiences can choose from either normal tickets or a special option to get involved such as joining the house band or working behind the bar.
Richard Lavery continues:
“With a different audience each night, each performance will be new. As individuals or in groups, they can dip into scenes, interact with the action or instead sit back, listen to the music and watch the play evolve around them. The cast and the team have developed an exciting script and story. But we cannot predict every thing the audience will do or how they’ll participate and influence the performance.”
Telling the story of five characters, each of which reject being told what to view as important in life, we expect to see a gutsy and lively performance full of questions about success, principles and the important things in life.
It’s always too soon to go home…While the world loses its way for a cocktail of self-help and selfies, the regulars at THE LOST MARTINI know better. Friendship and connection are what they treasure, it’s what gives their lives meaning. They sometimes speak out against a brash world, often they stay silent — but not tonight. Come to this late-night jazz café before closing time; the regulars are already there. Walk with them, mingle, dance, hear their stories, and find out why THE LOST MARTINI means so much to Belfast.
The show will be running from 10 – 14 March in Wellington Buildings, Wellington Street, Belfast and you can book tickets here. Find out more about the immersive experience here and you can even follow the characters’ lives on Facebook here. This promises to be unlike anything we’ve ever seen before and we can’t wait to get involved!
