PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS // FEBRUARY 9 - MARCH 2, 2025
Poster Design by Kostis Petridis
THE COAL MINE THEATRE PRESENTS THE CANADIAN PREMIERE OF:
PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS
By Duncan Macmillan
Directed by Diana Bentley
Movement Direction by Alyssa Martin
Emma was having the time of her life. Now she's in rehab. Her first step is to admit that she has a problem. But the problem isn't with Emma, it's with everything else. She needs to tell the truth. But she's smart enough to know that there's no such thing. When intoxication feels like the only way to survive the modern world, how can she ever sober up?
“…a vibrant play that draws parallels between theatre and rehab…Macmillan also offers a critique of a society in which addiction is partly a response to the surrounding chaos, and where the generic uplift of marketing-speak pervades everything from politics to religion.”
– The Guardian (UK)
“Generous-spirited, with a strong streak of irreverent, darkly humane humour, the play…has a thoughtful, shifting ambivalence that suits a problem where the solutions can only ever be provisional and the amends inadequate.”
– The Independent (UK)
People, Places and Things had its world premiere in the Dorfman space at the National Theatre in 2015 (a co-production with company Headlong). Following both public and critical acclaim, People, Places & Things transferred to the Wyndham’s Theatre in the West End in 2016. The show then crossed the pond to St Ann’s Warehouse, an Off-Broadway venue in New York, in 2017.
FEBRUARY 9 - MARCH 2, 2025
PREVIEW PERFORMANCES
Sunday February 9, Tuesday February 11, Wednesday February 12 at 7:30pm
OPENING NIGHT
Thursday February 13 at 7:30pm
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