Matchstick Theatre Presents THE INSTITUTE OF NUTS

Matchstick Theatre presents its second collaboration with Director-Writer team Edwina Strobl and Mark Daniels. This otherworldly dark comedy is part of our Spring Season showcasing emerging London playwrights in the innovative new performance space in Deptford/New Cross.

Welcome to The Institute of Nuts, a crazy school-cum-retreat-cum-prison where people's names are letters and their reasons for being there are... well... mysterious. Here, E and M run the show and O, P and B do whatever they're told. Until a rebellion begins.

B arrives for his first day, ready to learn how to be a success in the wider world. Gradually things go from funny to farcical, and the skills he learns, such as strength and bravery, go from important and desirable to ridiculous and even threatening. The students protest and discover what The Institute is really all about.

This darkly comic play the way we define success in today's society. Are even the most woke amongst us defining it in the best way possible?

Matchstick Theatre have been producing new writing across London's fringe scene since 2015. In July 2018, we created a full-time home, Matchstick Piehouse, a bar/restaurant and multi-use arts space in a converted railway arch. Off the back of their sell-out immersive comedy set on a London night bus N89, Strobl and Daniels (a South East Londoner himself) are two of our favourite up-and-coming innovative theatremakers.

Web: https://matchsticktheatre.com/

Venue: Matchstick Piehouse Theatre, Arches 213 & 214, Edward St, SE8 5HD

Tickets: £12 (£8 for those on low income)

Bookings: https://matchsticktheatre.com/events/institute-of-nuts/