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# PREVIEW: Brighton Fringe: HYSTERICAL by Karis Halsall
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/preview-brighton-fringe-hysterical-by-karis-halsall/
- Published: 2016-04-06T10:47:13.000Z
- Updated: 2016-04-06T10:47:13.000Z
- Description: Following a sell-out run in London HOAX (Uk/Aus/Can) and Luminary Theatre (uk) bring their award winning show HYSTERICAL to Brighton Fringe 2016!
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- Tags: Arts, In The South, News, Previews, Theatre, Brighton Fringe

## Following a sell-out run in London HOAX (Uk/Aus/Can) and Luminary Theatre (uk) bring their award winning show *HYSTERICAL* to Brighton Fringe 2016!

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**Playwright and performance poet** **Karis Halsall** (MEGAPOLITAN, Little Stitches) joins forces with *‘All in’* director **Stephen Sobal** (Love Sick, Treading Water) to bring you HYSTERICAL.

Set between a frantic advertising agency and an inpatient facility; June, a virgin clown and her associates’ attempt to rebrand water, wellness, ’madness’ and **Madonna.**

Developed in collaboration with clinicians and academics and University College London, and drawing on the creative team’s lived experiences, Halsall’s award-winning play examines how gender and modern day pressures can militate our mental health.

**HOAX** is an international company of theatre makers that produce provocative and unapologetic contemporary work that blends text, physical theatre and satire to give a voice to social and ecological issues. hoaxtheatre.com

**LUMINARY THEATRE** is an emergent, multi disciplinary theatre collective dedicated to the creation of innovative and intrepid new writing and performance. luminarytheatre.com

BRIGHTON FRINGE is England’s largest arts festival and one of the largest open- access multi-art form fringe festivals in the world. What makes it exceptional is that it is set in one the UK’s most popular cities, **known for its unique heritage of creativity and innovation. brightonfringe.org**

**What people are saying:**

### “An absurdist and comedic exploration of etymological entanglements…excels at producing an increasing chaos.” – EXEUNT MAGAZINE

### “A psychosis circus full of laughs” – DISABILITY ARTS ONLINE

### “Unhinged, uncomfortable, unbridled… genius” – A YOUNGER THEATRE

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**Event:** *HYSTERICAL* by Karis Halsall

**Where:** The Warren Main Stage, St Peter’s Church North, York Place, Brighton, East Sussex/ BN1 4GU

**When:** May 14 & 15

**Time:** 4pm

**Cost:** Tickets: £11 (£9.50)

**To book tickets online, [click here:](http://www.brightonfringe.org/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**