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Two Guys in a Room is a new London based theatre company dedicated to bringing original plays to audiences. Their work is designed to be both entertaining and thought-provoking, challenging the modern world in the most enjoyable way possible for an audience. Their new play (written by Harry Cowper) is a drama about faith, grief, capitalism and quantum physics. We chatted with Harry and Siân about their upcoming production.
First of all, what do audiences have to look forward to?
MONUMENTUM is a play that asks a lot of questions and doesn’t give the audience any easy answers. It deals with some big ideas about life and death and the society and the nature of the universe we live in and I hope people will find something to really think about. I would also like to say it’s not all gloom and philosphy, there’s a lot of humour throughout. I’m a big believer in making sure that entertainment is actually entertaining and I think this show does deliver on that.
And what inspired you to create this show? Why this story?
The starting point for the play was always the idea of being able to speak to the dead. I was fascinated in the impact that would have on people and how their views on life would change because of it. Having some experience of working in the tech industry, I decided to approach the idea through this lens as I thought it was an area that wasn’t hugely represented in theatre. In a world where so much is influenced by tech entrepreneurs, I wanted to write something timely about greed and capitalism and thought it tied in neatly with the central concept of the play.
First of all, what do audiences have to look forward to?
MONUMENTUM is a play that asks a lot of questions and doesn’t give the audience any easy answers. It deals with some big ideas about life and death and the society and the nature of the universe we live in and I hope people will find something to really think about. I would also like to say it’s not all gloom and philosphy, there’s a lot of humour throughout. I’m a big believer in making sure that entertainment is actually entertaining and I think this show does deliver on that.
And what inspired you to create this show? Why this story?
The starting point for the play was always the idea of being able to speak to the dead. I was fascinated in the impact that would have on people and how their views on life would change because of it. Having some experience of working in the tech industry, I decided to approach the idea through this lens as I thought it was an area that wasn’t hugely represented in theatre. In a world where so much is influenced by tech entrepreneurs, I wanted to write something timely about greed and capitalism and thought it tied in neatly with the central concept of the play.