CONFIRMATION and MEN IN THE CITIES Set for The Crucible Studio This Month

The Crucible Studio stage plays host to two Edinburgh Fringe First award-winning pieces of theatre this month with Chris Thorpe's CONFIRMATION (Monday 23 - Tuesday 24 November) and MEN IN THE CITIES (Saturday 28 November) by Tim Goode.

In CONFIRMATION, Chris Thorpe (recently seen in Third Angel's Presumption) examines the phenomenon of confirmation bias -- the way we choose to see only the evidence that proves we're right and attempts to have an honourable dialogue, real and imagined, with political extremism.

Questioning the rise of extremist thinking within the UK's political landscape and exploring the strength and grounding of people's beliefs, CONFIRMATION originates from Chris Thorpe's own frustration with the current level of political discourse in the UK, and his own 'liberal' bias. The piece which has been developed through academic research and through conversations with political extremism is his attempt to open discussion on the subject in a more objective environment.

MEN IN THE CITIES is an incendiary piece of experimental storytelling from Chris Goode (Kiss of Life, Fringe First 2002). Framed by two violent deaths -- the apparently inexplicable suicide of a young gay man, and the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich in May 2013 -- MEN IN THE CITIES is a compelling piece about harm and complicity, and about the forces that shape our relationships.

Through fractured snapshots of seemingly disconnected lives, MEN IN THE CITIES blurs fiction and reality to create a complex, volatile, richly textured work and presents a challenging but radically humane portrait of how we live now.

CONFIRMATION is at the Studio Theatre from Monday 23 - Tuesday 24 November. MEN IN THE CITIES is at the Studio Theatre on Saturday 28 November. Tickets for both productions can be purchased from Sheffield Theatres' Box Office in-person, by phone on 0114 249 6000 or online at www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk and are priced at £13.00 (a transaction fee of £1.50 (£1.00 online) applies to all bookings made at the Box Office, excluding cash), concessionary discounts are available.