Written and performed by Mary Higgins and Ell Potter
Co-produced with Hotter Project
Directed and co-created by Sammy J Glover
Lighting Design David Doyle
Sound Design Tom Foskett-Barnes
Movement Direction Ted Rogers
Stage Manager Roshan Conn
Now, they’ve resurrected themselves to probe life’s biggest question: how do you know when it’s the end?
The Last Show Before We Die is a hyper-sensory mash-up of found audio and interviews. A raucous genre-bending feast that attempts to answer life’s existential questions—profound and profane—from a 93-year-old, a former addict, a grief counsellor, a climate activist, a midwife, and more.
Inspired by zombies, heartbreak, and tenacious cockroaches, this is a darkly delightful exploration of endings. But there will be no happy endi—
—please do not text. This is the end. Please do not call. There will be no closure. Let us know when you want us to drop off that t-shirt you left at ours.
A macabre mediation from the glorious duo behind ★★★★★ HOTTER and FITTER, this will be the messiest breakup that you’ve never been through.
August 2023
Paines Plough Roundabout at Summerhall, Edinburgh