New Work Weekend - Getting Better Slowly / You Forgot The Mince

4 New Works, 2 Evenings, 1 Weekend

At The Civic we are passionate about programming new writing and devised performance from some of the UK’s finest emerging experimental artists and companies. The Civic’s New Work Weekend supports these artists and companies, giving them a platform and our ‘stamp of approval’ as they pursue their creative journeys.

New Work Weekend offers up a double bill of exciting new performances each night - two dynamic new shows for the price of one!

Getting Better Slowly

What if you woke up to find your body was slowly shutting down? Unable to walk, talk or blink and nobody knows why…

When Guillain Barré Syndrome affected Adam Pownall it caused full paralysis within days. Getting Better Slowly tells his inspiring story of recovery through a creative collision of new writing, verbatim accounts, sound and movement. How does it feel when your closest relationship is with the illness that’s holding you back?

Adam’s frank and moving account of how he dealt with GBS and the two years he spent recovering – including months spent learning how to walk and talk again – explores the relationship we all have with our bodies and our health. By telling his story with warmth, humour and honesty he invites audiences to consider how they would deal with an unexpected illness or accident affecting them or someone they love.

Research and Development support from Arts Council England. Commissioned by GAIN Charity, Core Lincolnshire One Venues & Lincoln Drill Hall.

With support from ARC Stockton, Deda Derby and In Good Company

You Forgot The Mince

You Forgot the Mince is a moving exploration of love, loss, cause and effect brought to you by Imagine Theatre. Through verbatim and physical theatre, the play follows the lives of Rosa, Lily and Niko. Inspired by real life events and set in Leeds, it tells the gritty story of a modern day abusive relationship. The interactions between the characters poignantly highlight this stark reality, interlaced with humour and normality.