Shows at Platform

The Panopticon

A whip-smart counter-culture outlaw, a bohemian philosopher in sailor shorts. 15 year old Anais Hendricks is smart, funny and fierce. She has also been let down by about every adult she has ever met. Sitting in the back of a police car she is taken to the Panopticon, a young offenders institution. Inside the circular, controlling Panopticon the residents develop intense bonds. All have experienced the failings of the care system, Anais refuses to be defined by it. Brought for the first time to the stage, Jenni Fagan’s The Panopticon is a visceral, bloody and brutal testament to life and friendship. 

Platform • 4 Oct 2019 - 19 Oct 2019

Invisible Army

Three years ago Robbie McGuire started becoming invisible. It's not a big problem. It doesn't affect his day to day life. Mrs Gillespie still gives him detention, Sarah Hargreaves still theatens to smash his face in, and Mr Bartnik the shopkeeper still won't let him forget that he owes 10p for a bottle of milk bought over a year ago. But Robbie has started noticing that people bump into him a lot in the street. That nobody ever really looks at him - they always look to the side or a metre behind, as though they're not quite sure exactly where he is. And this morning, the longer he looked in the mirror the less and less he could see of himself. And so begins Robbie's journey on a very weird day. Invisible Army is a performance full of great characters, twists, surpises, humour and heart. It's the story of an adventure - where imaginary and real world's combine. The show also features live music with a musician onstage throughout the performance. The story is told with text and movement so the audience should experience a show that looks good and sounds amazing.

Platform • 24 Oct 2016