Icon Theatre Present

Release

Monday 11th June 7.30pm

Fringe First Award winner and hit of the 2011 Edinburgh Festival, Release explores the lives of three prisoners in their first few months after release, as they attempt to reconnect with the people and remnants of life they left behind.

At a time when two thirds of UK prisoners re-offend within two years, Release fuses high energy physical theatre, an original score and mixed media to create an explosive insight into just how hard it is to go straight.

With a high profile cast including Shane Shambhu (Ramanujan in Complicite's A Disappearing Number), and Verity Hewlett (Queen Victoria in Queen Victoria's Men, Channel 4), Release was created through a two year development process of interviews, research and site visits with prisoners, ex-offenders, hostel managers and probation officers.

Release has received development support from the Young Vic, Arts Council England, Toynbee Studios and the South Hill Park Arts Centre.

Tickets £8 / £5

‘A sharp, impeccably performed and blazingly impassioned piece of theatre…simply terrific’ **** The Times

‘Icon Theatre has created one of the most compelling and theatrically effective pieces of storytelling on the Fringe; and as we watch with our hearts in our mouths, we are praying not only for these three characters, but for ourselves, and the whole future of the society in which we live. ’ **** The Scotsman 

‘A shining example of how to devise and perform multi-disciplinary theatre… An important piece of theatre… ***** Fringe Review

‘Stellar high energy, gritty performances, strikingly staged…a moving, forceful production’ ****British Theatre Guide

'One of the best Fringe performances of 2011' **** Edfest Mag

‘Artfully choreographed and perfectly executed’ ****Three Weeks