Event

Infinity Pool

Written and performed by Bea Roberts
Directed by Deirdre Mullins

In the sticky, polyester heat of summer on a Devonshire trading estate Emma Barnicott dreams of a life beyond the dusty venetian blinds of her office. Voicemails unanswered, bills unopened, Emma whiles away the tedious hours looking at luxury honeymoons for her imaginary marriage to a man she's never met. When her online lover suggests meeting, Emma's elaborate web of daydreaming, debt and deceit begins to pull her stable world apart.

Is the chance of a fantastic love worth trading for an imperfect life - or will there always be dead woodlice in the infinity pool?

Inspired by the novel Madame Bovary, Infinity Pool is a tragi-comic love story of dreaming and upgrading told through a collage of image, music, puppetry and powerpoint.

Infinity Pool will be preceded by Daily Dismissals, a short play by Christine Roberts, and is part of Theatre West's One Day season, the company's first project since its recent move from the Alma Tavern. This season will see the company producing it's 100th new play.