Overview

Every day I drive past strip malls and think about the kids we went to school with who died so we could shop and watch TV. Why was I so desperate to become a citizen of this?

Lidless, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's devastating first play, won the Yale Drama Series Award for Playwriting in 2009. A work of extraordinary intelligence and finely-balanced sensibility, it marries the implacable logic of a Greek tragedy with an all-too-modern setting.

Lidless is an extraordinary and original attempt to show the enduring strain on the victims of the U.S.'s deployment of torture at Guantanamo. David Hare

As HighTide’s Artistic Director, Steven Atkinson has produced three Seasons of acclaimed work collaborating with the National Theatre, Old Vic, Bush Theatre, and Aldeburgh Music, and includesStovepipe, which the Sunday Times listed as one of the Ten Best Theatre Productions of the Decade. He directs Lidless following his 2009 HighTide production of another American premiere,Muhmah (HighTide Festival 2009).

Lidless contains adult themes and some strong language.

Cast/Creative

Cast 

Nathalie Armin

Christian Bradley

Antony Bunsee

Greer Dale-Foulkes

Penny Layden

Direction
Steven Atkinson

Design
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Lighting
Matt Prentice

Sound
Steve Mayo

Music
Tom Mills

Voice
John Tucker

Mentor (supported by IdeasTap)
John Tiffany