An Attempt to Lose Time
Would it be possible to live without time?
Featuring musings on climate change, quantum physics, crabs and the destruction of humanity, this solo show sees Miranda leave the city, take to the canals, travel to a remote Scottish island and form questionable relationships with moorhens in her quest to escape time.
An Attempt to Lose Time is a playful, surreal and surprising meditation on time blending the personal and the collective, a questioning of the status quo and an invitation to see time differently.
★★★★ “Witty, moving and relatable.” Everything Theatre
“Utterly hilarious…charming, funny and darkly comic. A very memorable piece which will stick in the mind long after other shows have been confined to brain-dust.” FringeReview on This Is Just Who I Am, 2018
★★★★ “Truly outstanding...Weird, smart and compelling.” FringeFeed
Presented by: Miranda Prag
Miranda Prag is a performance maker and canal dweller based in the UK. Her work looks at big themes on a minute scale, unpacking the building blocks of everyday life and questioning concepts that are often taken for granted using autobiography, documentary, movement, music, audience interaction, striking visuals, self-satire and irony. An Attempt to Lose Time is her second solo show: it was initially developed as part of Starting Blocks residency at Camden People's Theatre, and was created with support from Spot On Lancashire, Theatre by the Lake, Rosehill Theatre, The Dukes and Arts Council England.
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There is cleverness squeezed into every nook and cranny of this innovative, surreal, but entirely relatable performance - Mark Wickett, Stage Whispers
Truly outstanding...Prag is clearly a gifted writer and a captivating storyteller...weird, smart and compelling - Lilly Heseltine, FringeFeed
A wonderfully weird exploration of time, climate change, hubris and how humanity can do things differently. - Alana Pahor, On The Record
Strange, funny and philosophical...a delightful show that explores human nature and the elusive, tyrannical and wondrous force that is time. - Eilidh McKenzie, Binge Fringe
Witty, moving and relatable, this show tackles big issues in an accessible way and builds, literally, to a surprising conclusion. - Alastair Ball, Everything Theatre