Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

This November, Brighton audiences will get an exclusive preview of Thrust’s new
show, rapid unscheduled disassembly, as it makes its debut at The Actors theatre on
Sunday 23 November. The show is performing for one night only as a special preview,
ahead of a planned tour in 2026.

This intimate new one-woman show, performed by Harriet Hutchinson and written
and directed by Bruce Adams, explores the experiences of a Brighton mother haunted
by the memory of the Columbia shuttle disaster and the gentle catastrophe of her
own life and relationships. The team previously collaborated on papercut–, from
which FringeGuru singled out a “bravura performance” by Hutchinson.

Thrust is returning to Brighton after previously catching the attention of local
audiences with shows including Dinner (“A great showcase of young talent,” The
Argus) and an innovative new version of Request Programme which took place in a
flat in Hove and was an Ike Award Winner 2015 for Outstanding Theatre.

Bruce says: “We love performing in Brighton, but this is our first show that we’ve
made specifically for and about the city. It’s a love letter to a kind of mysterious magic
in the air here, as well as an ode to parenthood and a look at how we try to hold
everything together, even while we’re completely falling apart.”
 

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