One Tenth Human And China Plate

The multi-award winning Inspector Sands return to the Edinburgh Fringe with a darkly comic farce about our fear of growing old. In their characteristically absurdist style, Inspector Sands explore how difficult it is for all of us - young and old - to engage with the fact that we are individually, and collectively, ageing. Developed with the support of biomedical experts specialising in the psychology and philosophy of attitudes towards ageing and mortality, the company explore what it means to be old in today’s society.

In a care home lounge somewhere off the A1, 97 year old Marsha Hewitt begins the last day of her life. But she cannot go quietly. As the radiators burn and Jeremy Kyle blares, rivalries, relatives and murderous impulses jostle for space on the Axminster carpet. By teatime, a riot is brewing. Through witty observations and their trade-mark physical dexterity, the performers attempt to imagine their bodies in the last years of their lives aiming to encourage an open dialogue about our relationship with ageing both through the performance and ongoing engagement with a ‘Mass Observation’ style platform developed by the company.