It’s the dare of it all
A gang of friends stand on the precipice, a band of hopeless dreamers the world has left behind. But they’re doing this their way, shoulders back, heads held high, looking out across the wasteland and refusing to fail. They’re going to conquer the South Pole, right there amongst the laundry and the pigeons in the attic.
Written in 1984 in East Berlin, with revolution in the air, Manfred Karge’s play is a wildly anarchic journey into the imagination.
Company
The Company Patrick Brennan, George Caple, Laura Dos Santos, Emily Hughes, Dean Nolan, Zelina Rebeiro, Keddy Sutton, Liam Tobin
Writer Manfred Karge
Translators Tinch Minter & Anthony Vivis
Director Nick Bagnall
Composer James Fortune
Company Season Designers Molly Elizabeth Lacey Davies, Jocelyn Meall & Michael Vale
Company Season Lighting Designer Aideen Malone
Company Season Sound Designer Fergus O’Hare
Movement Director Tom Jackson Greaves
Production Dramaturg Craig Gilbert
Fight Director Kev McCurdy
Associate Director Chris Tomlinson
Associate Lighting Designer Kay Haynes
YEP Assistant Director Jack Cooper
Company Season Casting Director Sam Stevenson
Reviews
The Conquest of the South Pole
★★★★
"It’s impossible not to be moved by these dreamers"
The Conquest of the South Pole
"It's to be admired"
"A breathless and amusing turn from Dean Nolan"
WhatsOnStage.com
The Conquest of the South Pole
★★★★
"Brilliantly-acted, thought-provoking theatre"
