"a hilarious satire"

This short work presented by an ensemble of four performers is a piece of devised theatre about the failures of devised theatre. Devised theatre is work that is created by the actor/s and the production team in the rehearsal room, rather than a from pre-written script. The comedy follows a group of actors, Brian, Colin and Stephanie, who have a big vision but struggle to produce something of substance. Frustrated by their director Delilah, who is obsessed with creating “experimental” and “contemporary” art and starring in the performance herself, this indecisive and divided cast find their show is falling apart. 

Devision interrogates the way we make meaning through art; questioning whether art should serve the audience or the artists. However it is also a comedy about the different personas that exist in the theatre-making world and the struggles of creative collaboration. It’s self-aware, self-critical and above all, satirical. Through exciting moments of mayhem, combining physical theatre, improv and scripted scenes, this show arrives at the conclusion that although art can be weird and experimental and a mess, it should ultimately be authentic. 

In this meta-theatrical experience, the audience watch four characters try and fail to put on a “new and exciting” piece of devised theatre. The efforts of Delilah, Brian, Colin and Stephanie go to show that you can’t just throw all theatrical elements together and hope the audience will read meaning into it somehow. Putting something on stage because you think that’s what you’re supposed to be doing to fit into a certain genre of performance is inevitably going to feel like a wasted opportunity to make something you actually care about.