The Graveyard Shift
Created by Douglas Newham & Thomas Futter | Produced by Big Towel | Origin: Ottawa, Canada
La Nouvelle Scène – Studio A
Show Details
Grave robbing: the ultimate dead-end job. Silent comedy with the unquiet dead. Burke and Hare with a dash of Buster Keaton. You’ll be dying to find out what happens next.
Content Notes
- Smoking: A cigarette is mimed with but not lit.
- Violence: Comedic slapstick fights
- Abrupt loud noise: Items are dropped to the floor.
Showtimes
- Saturday, June 146:30pm
- Sunday, June 158:30pm
- Monday, June 169:30pm
- Wednesday, June 188:30pm
- Friday, June 205:30pm
- Saturday, June 2110:30pm
* Work previously featured on BBC Radio 4 (“DMs are Open”, 2023), and at Undercurrents Festival (“New Play Tuesday: Grave Consequences”, 2022). * “The writers’ irreverent dad jokes combined with the cast’s great delivery of physical humour made this comedy incredibly upbeat and silly… a witty piece of theatre that is good for all ages!” – Apt613 on ‘Snap!’ (Ottawa Fringe, 2022).
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