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The end-of-the-world quiz waits for no man, literally. Onwards, ever onwards, to our fiery decline. Round three...'
It's the end of the world. The last night on Earth. An asteroid is heading straight for us and there's nothing we can do about it.
Except for maybe host a pub quiz—which is exactly what landlady Kathy and her quizmaster Rav are doing. But, with time ticking, some unexpected guests explode on the scene—Bobby wants to settle old scores, and Fran wants one last shot at love.
Alison Carr's play The Last Quiz Night on Earth is an innovative comedy-drama featuring a fully interactive pub quiz for the audience to participate in, complete with real teams, real questions and real swapping each other's answers for marking. It was premiered by Box of Tricks in 2020 on a UK tour, taking in a host of theatres, community venues and pubs.
Ideal for performance by amateurs—either in theatres or more unconventional spaces (such as theatre bars and local pubs)—this play offers rich opportunities for audience participation. Quizzing compulsory, alcohol optional.
It's the end of the world. The last night on Earth. An asteroid is heading straight for us and there's nothing we can do about it.
Except for maybe host a pub quiz—which is exactly what landlady Kathy and her quizmaster Rav are doing. But, with time ticking, some unexpected guests explode on the scene—Bobby wants to settle old scores, and Fran wants one last shot at love.
Alison Carr's play The Last Quiz Night on Earth is an innovative comedy-drama featuring a fully interactive pub quiz for the audience to participate in, complete with real teams, real questions and real swapping each other's answers for marking. It was premiered by Box of Tricks in 2020 on a UK tour, taking in a host of theatres, community venues and pubs.
Ideal for performance by amateurs—either in theatres or more unconventional spaces (such as theatre bars and local pubs)—this play offers rich opportunities for audience participation. Quizzing compulsory, alcohol optional.
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Reviews
"'An epic play humanised by Hannan's concerns for the lives of ordinary people caught up in events seemingly beyond their control'"
The Times
"'A period epic complete with all the trappings you would expect from the great Elizabethan and Jacobean classicists who wowed their audiences with heightened language, earth-shattering emotion, weighty moral dilemmas, lowbrow comedy and disturbing, bloody tragedy.'"
Scotland on Sunday
"'Chris Hannan's new play explores love and the grief it can engender when marred by circumstances. And for the fullness of that grief, add in anger and guilt, distraction to the point of self-destruction, and bewildered hurt that makes flesh feel as if skin would burst, it is so uncontainable. The context is Ancient Rome but the issues are timeless and on-going... touching directly on any place o
The Herald
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- SeriesNHB Modern Plays