Rubber
by Patrick Wilson and Hayden Munt
dir. Patrick Wilson
Zoo Southside, Edinburgh Fringe | 5-25 August 2016
VAULT Festival | 24 January - 18 March 2018
This fly-on-the-wall experience put the audience into the hands of Tom, who is driving Jess around for her first call of the day. Living in a society where they have turned to sex work just to pay the bills, how could things get worse for them? But when Tom’s hidden truths come to light, the road gets bumpy.
Buckle in, literally, for “immersive theatre at its finest” [A Younger Theatre]. One man’s struggle to control himself versus one woman’s struggle to break free.
Rubber was first performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 for a 70 show sell-out run in association with Zoo Southside that gained rave reviews.
In 2018 it returned, but this time in London to the VAULT Festival for an 8 week professional run with 120 performances. With two casts running concurrently, this was an audience hit, winning the production an Innovation Award.
Accolades
Innovation Award
VAULT Festival
Reviews
“Rubber will be your Fringe highlight… [the production] is chilling and absolutely essential to partake in”
★★★★★
“By far the most inventive, innovative performance I’ve ever seen… [it was] an experience that will stay with me”
Just You and B
★★★★★
“This is immersive theatre like nothing else.”
Director: Patrick Wilson
Assistant Director (VAULT): Rebecca Vaa
Assistant Producer (VAULT): Roselle Olivia-Hurst
Assistant Director (Edinburgh): Michael Tigchelaar
Touring Manager (Edinburgh): Michael Tigchelaar
Cast (VAULT)
Tom: Peter Watts | Jess: Beatrice Lawrence
Tom: Josh Sinclair Evans | Jess: Holly Ashman
Cast (Edinburgh)
Tom: Hayden Munt | Jess: Sophia Luu
Photography by James Cassir and Tara Carlin