AMY NOSTBAKKEN   

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Plays by Amy Nostbakken

AMY NOSTBAKKEN

Big Smoke, The

1st Produced:

Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh: Fringe Festival, Scotland, EUR >>>

2 Aug 2010

Company:

Theatre Ad Infinitum

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Genre:

60 min drama

Parts:

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Female

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Notes:

devised by Amy Nostbakken and Nir Paldi. The Big Smoke winner of the Argus Angel Award at the 2011 Brighton Festival Fringe. Nostbakken was also nominated for Best Female Performer in the Latest 7 Awards, Brighton and is nominated for a Mancehster Theatre Award for best studio performance. The production premiered to rave reviews at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, leading to a national tour of Britain in spring/summer 2011 that included stops in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Oxford and Leeds and a run at Factory Theatre in Toronto Canada. The Big Smoke is a co-devised piece directed by Nir Paldi, with music and performance by Amy Nostbakken.

Synopsis:

In a courageous physical performance with a completely original text and score sung a cappella, Amy Nostbakken tells the story of a brilliant young artist from Toronto given the opportunity of a lifetime: a solo exhibit at Londons Tate Modern Art Gallery. Nathalie has everything to live for: good looks, talent, a loving family, amazing scholarships and a career just waiting to take off. But just as she is rising to the heights of her potential, she begins to spiral down into the depths of depression. Through swanky gallery parties and grim pub toilets, ex-boyfriends and meddling aunts, mauled dogs and crashed cyclists, her descent into madness unfolds. The Big Smoke is a stunning experience that walks the fine line between sanity and psychosis.

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