100 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT
THE PLOT
John and May haven’t spoken since their breakup five years ago, but then the end of the world is announced. May picks up her phone and he's the first person that comes to mind.
Trapped in John’s studio apartment, unaware of how long they’ll have together, John and May go through the domestic ups and downs of life during the apocalypse. Sourdough is on ration, there is a dire shortage of spaghetti hoops and crying in the shower becomes standard practice. But when the pair are forced to reconsider the future of their situation, the civil facade they have been trying to keep up begins to crumble.
100 Seconds to Midnight began in the midst of a lockdown in a Dublin garden shed. The play was born out of friendship and a desire to make theatre that reflects the ponderings, questions and conversations we, as twenty-something year old women, have daily.
THE PROCESS
Through the University of Bristol's Spotlights theatre society, Ambie and Rosalie (our writer/directors) first put on 100 Seconds to Midnight in 2022 at the Alma Tavern & Theatre in Bristol. After a hugely successful sell-out run, the decision was made to take the play to the Edinburgh Fringe the following summer. This was when Cecelia and Aelfi came on board, and Talkers & Doers came to life.
fringe 2022
100 Seconds to Midnight rehearsed during the summer in Bristol and Newcastle, with a preview performance in Riding Mill.
The play showed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Greenside Venues' Olive Studio and managed to sell out 98% of its week-long run, to high praise!
ambitious and well-executed piece of theatre
Dynamo of a play
Inter:Mission
Bristol
epigram
captivating
the student
an absolute gem!
audience
hilarious and utterly devastating
everything about it superb
a truly extraordinary play
audience
audience
audience
edinburgh cast
May Petra Joan-Athene
John Will Lockey
tech & set design/construction:
Ruth Watson
