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FACILITY 111: A GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENT

PRESENTED BY INGE-VERA LIPSIUS
A surreal new audio play, written and performed by Inge-Vera Lipsius. It takes place in darkness and asks audiences to visualise a series of images in two different, but interconnected cities—one made of glass, another of sand.
‘Facility 111’ is a surreal new audio play, written and performed live by Inge-Vera Lipsius. It takes place in darkness and asks audiences to visualise a series of poetic images in two different, but interconnected cities—one made of glass, another of sand. The piece takes the form of a (sci-fi) government experiment and asks: Are we, ultimately, less different from one another than we might think?

‘Facility 111’ will be presented at Assembly Front Room at the Edinburgh Fringe, July 31-Aug 17 (not Aug 12) at 11:25. It had its first presentations at the Old Red Lion this spring and will be presented at the FUSE International Festival in Kingston on June 28, 19:00. More information can be found here: www.merchanthouse.nl/facility-111

Inge-Vera Lipsius is an American-Dutch director, theatre-maker, writer, and performer. She has directed and written sold-out productions in London and Amsterdam. Her play ‘Quad Loop’—the first play on the doping scandal surrounding Kamila Valieva at the 2022 Winter Olympics—was one of six pieces selected to be presented at the Bush Theatre in the Bomb Factory Theatre New Writing Showcase (April 2025). Last year, ‘Quad Loop’ had its UK premiere at the Pushkin House in Bloomsbury, ahead of the 2024 Summer Games.

Lipsius made her directorial debut at The Merchant House, Amsterdam, with ‘Paranoia’ (2022/23)her adaptation (the first stage adaptation) of the post-war novella by the classic Dutch author Willem Frederik Hermans. She is a graduate of the University of Cambridge and Ecole Philippe Gaulier in France.    

20 & 23 JUL
7:30PM
£9 STANDARD / £7 CONCESSION

FACILITY 111: A GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENT

PRESENTED BY INGE-VERA LIPSIUS
A surreal new audio play, written and performed by Inge-Vera Lipsius. It takes place in darkness and asks audiences to visualise a series of images in two different, but interconnected cities—one made of glass, another of sand.
‘Facility 111’ is a surreal new audio play, written and performed live by Inge-Vera Lipsius. It takes place in darkness and asks audiences to visualise a series of poetic images in two different, but interconnected cities—one made of glass, another of sand. The piece takes the form of a (sci-fi) government experiment and asks: Are we, ultimately, less different from one another than we might think?

‘Facility 111’ will be presented at Assembly Front Room at the Edinburgh Fringe, July 31-Aug 17 (not Aug 12) at 11:25. It had its first presentations at the Old Red Lion this spring and will be presented at the FUSE International Festival in Kingston on June 28, 19:00. More information can be found here: www.merchanthouse.nl/facility-111

Inge-Vera Lipsius is an American-Dutch director, theatre-maker, writer, and performer. She has directed and written sold-out productions in London and Amsterdam. Her play ‘Quad Loop’—the first play on the doping scandal surrounding Kamila Valieva at the 2022 Winter Olympics—was one of six pieces selected to be presented at the Bush Theatre in the Bomb Factory Theatre New Writing Showcase (April 2025). Last year, ‘Quad Loop’ had its UK premiere at the Pushkin House in Bloomsbury, ahead of the 2024 Summer Games.

Lipsius made her directorial debut at The Merchant House, Amsterdam, with ‘Paranoia’ (2022/23)her adaptation (the first stage adaptation) of the post-war novella by the classic Dutch author Willem Frederik Hermans. She is a graduate of the University of Cambridge and Ecole Philippe Gaulier in France.    

20 & 23 JUL
7:30PM
£9 STANDARD / £7 CONCESSION

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Café Bar

Serving a menu of hot drinks, craft beers, wine and seasonal cocktails before and after every show and a full home-made food menu including freshly baked pastries, delicious cakes and savoury light bites from Friday – Sunday.

Content Warnings

This show contains (non-graphic) descriptions of violence / crisis situations.

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Age Recommendation

13+

Duration

1h

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