Constructing Scientific Communities Contagion Cabaret

Posted: 21 Sep 2017 06:01 AM PDT Wednesday 27 September, 7.45pm The Chipping Norton Theatre A unique collaboration between The Theatre Chipping Norton and Oxford University Girl In Gas Masks Holds a Red Ballon Image: iStock.com/WilliamSherman Killer germs, superbugs, pestilent plagues and global pandemics have fascinated writers, musicians and thinkers for centuries. As disease spreads through a culture, likewise myths and ideas travel virally through film, literature, theatre and social media. Dreamt up in the plague-ridden imagination of the Theatre’s Artistic Director John Terry, join a cast of familiar faces including Marcus D’Amico (Frankie and Johnny) and Anna Tolputt (Around the World in 80 Days), alongside scientists and literary researchers from Oxford University for an evening of infectious extracts from plays and music, past and present. Be sure to bring your antiseptic wipes! For more information and to book tickets see http://www.chippingnortontheatre.com/index.php?p=whatson&id=3601