Split Second Productions Bringing Two Shows to 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

New and up and coming theatre company, Split Second Productions are bringing two original pieces that will play in rep at theSpace @ Surgeons Hall in the Grand Theatre at this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The two pieces are set a century apart and take a look at the social and political issues in 1985 and a post-apocalyptic world in 2085.

1985 is a piece designed to bring audiences back in time through music and movement. The piece was brought to life during a series of workshops and improvisations and was inspired by reflections from the cast's personal family backgrounds and national and international headlines from that year. 1985 is set around a revolutionary camp where anyone who wants to help make a change can come along and make a difference. The camp brings all walks of human life together, to make an inspiring story of the struggles and triumphs of the people of Britain in the year that is 1985. This play is written by Ben Dixon and Ross White with direction from Adam Boardman.

2085 takes place on the site of an inhabited scrapheap in post-apocalyptic England. A cohort of unlikely survivors have gathered together to grasp at a possibility of community once again. It is immediately clear that quality of life has been drastically reduced; sleeping bags, log fires, tinned cans and torches scatter the camp floor. The group reside at the foot of a large mountain of rubble, comprised of a vast assortment of objects and materials that merge to create a picture of a lost society. Their music, their song, their dance, is their own special way of saying: We are not done yet. This play is written by Isobelle Ford and Katherine Ferguson with direction from Tom Berkeley.

Split Second Productions was founded in 2014 by a group of young actors who are training at one of the leading drama schools in the UK and have also worked with companies such as the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Exchange, Lyric Hammersmith and National Youth Theatre.

The Waste of Time season is their first venture as a company.

The full cast for both shows include Jessica Alade, Ocean Barrington-Cook, Tom Berkeley, Adam Boardman, Cory Chambers, William Eley, Katherine Ferguson, Lauren Fitzpatrick, Isobelle Ford, Emily Hardy, Maddie Hatt, Lateshia Howell, Phoebe Hyder, Ingvild Lakou, Jay William Parsons, Natasha Ravenscroft, Natalia Titcomb, Ross White and Laura Woods.