EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Q&A- Tremor

BWW catches up with David Mercatali to chat about taking Tremor to the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Tell us a bit about Tremor.

Tremor is about an ex-couple who haven't seen each other for a long time. They were involved in a bus accident, and the fall out of this eventually led to their break up. At this first meeting in 4 years, there's a lot of truths that have to come out. The play starts intimate and turns into something much much bigger.

What was the inspiration for the play?

I didn't write the play, but from many conversations with Brad [Birch], I believe he read about a bus accident and then thought about the people involved, their lives. The couple, Tom and Sophie, came to him from that. The wider political aspects of the piece evolved from this very personal start.

Why do you feel it is particularly relevant just now?

The play is about conflict, and we live in the most divided time along political lines I've known in my lifetime. Brad starts with a couple and takes us to some of the biggest questions facing us today. It's very much a play for now.

Where has it been performed so far and how has it been received?

It's played in Cardiff, New York and Theatr Clwyd. Everywhere it's been wonderful to see how quickly the audience engages with the mystery behind this couple.

What would you like audiences to take away from the show?

I'd like the audiences to see that there are no easy answers and sometimes things we don't agree with also come from suffering. It's not always simple.

https://festival18.summerhall.co.uk/event/tremor/

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