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THE ICE AT THE END OF THE WORLD

PRESENTED BY OMNIBUS THEATRE
“We do not take the journey; the journey takes us."

Set on a tall ship, a selected group of artists voyage to The Arctic Circle. The aim? To create their finest work, inspired by life on the ‘edge of the world’.

However, not everyone is suited to the terrain: isolated from her emails and barista coffee, successful poetry translator, Alys is forced onto the creaking boat by her publisher to live with a group of strangers. While crossing the perilous ‘Devil’s Dancefloor’, all communication with the outside world is lost and the mysterious Arctic guide, Laura challenges the others to give in to the elements.

As the ice melts, exposing dangers from an ancient world, the true wild nature of the Arctic is revealed, along with the increasing deep marks left on its environment by humanity. Through infinite days and nights on the waves, the artists’ work becomes more dangerous and an ancient being is stirring from the cold dark waters beneath. How far will each go to create the greatest work of their lifetime?

The Ice at the End of The World is inspired by writer Katy Schutte’s recent real-life journey to the Arctic. Directed by Madelaine Moore and produced by Omnibus Theatre for their Autumn Season, this new cosmic horror explores the powers of the natural world and how far humans will go to match them.

Join us on 6 OCT for a post-show Q&A with writer and performer Katy Schutte and fellow Arctic explorer and artist Pat Naldi.

25 SEP – 12 OCT
7:30PM (TUES - SAT)+ 4PM (SUN)
£18 STANDARD
£16 CONCESSION

THE ICE AT THE END OF THE WORLD

PRESENTED BY OMNIBUS THEATRE
“We do not take the journey; the journey takes us."

Set on a tall ship, a selected group of artists voyage to The Arctic Circle. The aim? To create their finest work, inspired by life on the ‘edge of the world’.

However, not everyone is suited to the terrain: isolated from her emails and barista coffee, successful poetry translator, Alys is forced onto the creaking boat by her publisher to live with a group of strangers. While crossing the perilous ‘Devil’s Dancefloor’, all communication with the outside world is lost and the mysterious Arctic guide, Laura challenges the others to give in to the elements.

As the ice melts, exposing dangers from an ancient world, the true wild nature of the Arctic is revealed, along with the increasing deep marks left on its environment by humanity. Through infinite days and nights on the waves, the artists’ work becomes more dangerous and an ancient being is stirring from the cold dark waters beneath. How far will each go to create the greatest work of their lifetime?

The Ice at the End of The World is inspired by writer Katy Schutte’s recent real-life journey to the Arctic. Directed by Madelaine Moore and produced by Omnibus Theatre for their Autumn Season, this new cosmic horror explores the powers of the natural world and how far humans will go to match them.

24 SEP – 12 OCT
7:30PM (TUES - SAT)+ 4PM (SUN)
£18 STANDARD
£16 CONCESSION

The Ice at the End of the World | Rehearsal Gallery

The Ice at the End of the World | Production Shots

Cast

Eleanor Dillon-Reams

Eleanor is an award winning artist, writer and performer of the sell out solo shows ‘MEAT’ and ‘HoneyBEE’.
She recently toured with the all female Handlebards across the UK playing Titania, Demetrius, as well as several other parts and the harmonium. Her debut poetry book ‘Maladaptive’ was published by Verve Poetry Press, and she is currently one of BBC6 Music poets to follow as selected by Craig Charles.

Katy Schutte

Katy has performed in thirty-something countries across five continents. She specialises in scripted and improvised theatre, virtual reality and voiceover.

Katy recently toured improvised climate change comedy We Built This City on Rock and Coal throughout the island of Ireland, played the titular role in children’s radio show Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers and will be playing Wonder in cosmic horror play The Ice at the End of the World at Omnibus Theatre through September-October 2024.

Gian Carlo Ferrini

Gian is a Venezuelan actor based in London, and co-founder of 45 Degrees Theatre and Latinx Actors UK. He has appeared in productions such as The House of the Spirits and The Play to be Played at Cervantes Theatre, and produced the development of Diablo by Héctor Manchego. His film credits include La Noche de las Dos Lunas, Allende, and various collaborations with Cannes award-winning director Fina Torres. His work explores themes of adaptation, representation, and loss. He co-produces Latinx Actors showcases at SOHO Theatre.

Judith Amsenga

Judith trained at LAMDA. Most recently she went to China for a second tour of Miss Ophelia by Dutch theatre company Het Filiaal and was part of the UK tour of The Importance of Being… Earnest? by Say It Again Sorry. Other credits include a UK tour of Cluedo, Windfall at Southwark Playhouse (both dir Mark Bell), The Allen Key and The Consumer (Vaults Festival), Caterpillar (Theatre503) and Scars (Theater Utrecht). For TV and film: Devs (Alex Garland), People We Hate at the Wedding (Claire Scanlon), Eastenders and K-12 (Melanie Martinez). Originally from the Netherlands, Judith works as a voice-over artist in both English & Dutch. Until 2021, she ran the Nursery Theatre for devised & improvised theatre, which she co-founded in 2009.

Company

Director - Madelaine Moore

Madelaine is an award-winning stage and screen Director. Twice shortlisted for the Sir Peter Hall Director’s Award and one of the Old Vic 12 in 2021, her work is informed by her interest in disrupting traditional gendered narratives, and tackling big ideas through a feminist lens in surprising and irreverent ways. 

Theatre credits include: Son of a Bitch (Summerhall, Fringe First), OUTPATIENT (Summerhall, Lustrum Award), Glacier (Old Fire Station), Edith (Lowry & Theatr Clwyd), Gobble Gobble Gobble Gobble Goblin (Old Vic Theatre), Ladykiller (National Tour, Brits Off Broadway), Second Person Narrative (Arcola Theatre), The Awakening (Jack Studio), Santi & Naz (Pleasance Theatre, Charlie Hartill winner) 

Movement Director - Mark Conway

Credits include Glacier (Old Fire Station) Past Life (The Lowry & UK Tour); The Mozart Question (Barn Theatre); Acedian Pirates (Theatre503); Sex with Robots and Other Devices (Live Theatre); Land of Our Fathers (Theatre503, Trafalgar Studios & UK Tour – Winner of the Time Out Critic’s Choice and Fringe Show of the Year 2013). 

 Mark also works with Eloise Secker under the company name Play Dead to work together on projects as a movement duo. 

Credits for Play Dead include Father’s Son, Blue Departed and Safe Sex (Vault Festival); Lobster (Underbelly, EdFringe); Grafting (Rose Theatre Kingston, IYAF); The Everlasting Club (Jeva Films). 

Stage Manager - Eliott Sheppard

Eliott trained on the Professional Stage Management Course at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. 

Stage Management Credits Include: Divine Invention (Summerhall, Edinburgh), The Shroud Maker (Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh), Dog Shit (Theatre503), Treasure Island (National UK Tour), Goldilocks and The Three Bears (The Grange Theatre, Hartford), The Architect (GDIF / Actors Touring Company), Declan (Underbelly Cowgate), Family Tree (National UK Tour), Cinderella (The Maltings, Ely), Salt (Theatre503), Fritz and Matlock, All By Myself, Bloody Mary (Pleasance Courtyard, EICC, Zoo Venues), I Can’t Hear You (Theatre503), Jane Eyre (Minack Theatre), The Straw Chair (Finborough Theatre), and We Are Here (The Bush Theatre). 

Set & Costume Designer - Cory Shipp

Cory is a set and costume designer working across all ranges of performative work across the UK. Cory trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. 

Theatre (as Designer) includes: The Mikvah Project (Orange Tree Theatre); Hansel & Gretel (Chiswick Playhouse), Cyrano de Bergerac, Easy Virtue (The Watermill Theatre); Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play, RENT, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Vinegar Tom, Caucasian Chalk Circle, 6 Characters (Mountview Theatre Academy); Another Planet (The Gramophones Theatre Company); Justice in a Day (Theatr Clwyd); Hags (Scratchworks Theatre Company); Boy, Blue Stockings, Tristan and Yseult, Much Ado about Nothing, Alice in Wonderland (LAMDA); Cinderella (The Barn Theatre), Pilgrims (Guildhall);  Spring Awakening, Merrily We Roll Along, Spongebob the Musical, Company (Leeds Conservatoire); Anyone Can Whistle (Southwark Playhouse); Deffro’r Gwanywn (Y Cwmni); Glacier (Old Fire Station); The EU Killed My Dad (Jermyn Street Theatre); The Book of Eternity, (Northern Opera);  

Theatre (as Costume Designer) includes: Unfortunate: A Musical Parody (Fat Rascal Theatre Company/Underbelly Festival); Bandstand, Sweeney Todd (ArtsEd), Big Fish (Mountview)  

Theatre (as Set Designer) includes: Wipe These Tears (Bezna Theatre Company); Justice in a Day (Theatr Clwyd); Sweet Charity (ArtsEd); The Lion, The B!tch and The Wardrobe (Wales Millennium Centre). 

Sound Designer - Russell Ditchfield

RUSSELL DITCHFIELD is a Composer & Sound Designer from LancashireHis credits include: THE HISTORY BOYS (Theatre Royal Bath & UK Tour); BRASSED OFF (Theatre By The Lake); BRIEF ENCOUNTER (Royal Exchange); NO PAY? NO WAY! (Royal Exchange); NUCLEAR CHILDREN (Pleasance Edinburgh); FAUSTUS: THAT DAMNED WOMAN (Storyhouse); UNDER MILK WOOD (Sherman Theatre) SORTER (Swansea Grand); BEGINNING (Royal Exchange); EDITH (The Lowry); LYSISTRATA (Lyric Hammersmith); FRANKENSTEIN (Laurence Batley); AGATHA (Theatre 503); PETER RABBIT (Blenheim Palace & Covent Garden); PUCK (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust); GROAN UPS (Vaudeville West End & UK Tour); GOING THE DISTANCE (Oxford Playhouse, Lawrence Batley & The Dukes Theatre); THE TEMPEST (Lawrence Batley Theatre); MERRY CHRISTMAS CAROL (Royal Court Liverpool); MACBETH (Lawrence Batley Theatre); PARAKEET (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); PIRATE QUEEN (Bellairs Theatre); HOLIDAY INN (Bellairs Theatre); CAROUSEL (Mack Theatre); MAN OF MODE (Mack Theatre); FEAR & MISERY IN THE THIRD REICH (Andrew Lloyd Webber Theatre). As Associate Sound Designer; BLOODY ELLE (Royal Exchange Theatre); A PRETTY SHITTY LOVE (Theatre Clwyd); HOME, I’M DARLING (Bolton Octagon). Russell’s compositions have also been played on BBC Radio 1, 2 and 6 music. 

Lighting & Video Designer - Megan Lucas

Lighting Designer credits include: Son of A Bitch (Summerhall), Outpatient (Summerhall), Lynn Faces (Summerhall), Fade (Lowry/Leeds Playhouse) Bert’s House (UK Tour), Past Life (Lowry) Stray Dogs (Theatre503); The Hidden Garden (National Opera Studio); Edie (Theatre503); Criptic Pit Party (The Barbican); The Masks We Wear (Royal and Derngate). 

Assistant Lighting Designer credits include: How The Other Half Loves (Salisbury Playhouse); Much Ado About Nothing (The National Theatre); Alcina (Glyndebourne). 

Video Designer credits include: Outpatient (Summerhall), We Started To Sing (Arcola Theatre); The Wellspring (Royal and Derngate/UK Tour).  

LX Programmer credits include: Golda (Theatre Royal Haymarket); The Frogs (The Kiln/Royal and Derngate); Wuthering Heights (Royal and Derngate); Jack And The Beanstalk (Royal and Derngate); Playtime (Royal and Derngate). 

Design Assistants

Maria Jose Arango  

Leah Oakley 

Lily Baik 

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Concessions

Concessions apply to students, under-18s, over-60s and more. For more info on our concession policy click here→

Accessibility

All performance spaces and facilities are fully wheelchair-accessible. For more info please contact Box Office on 0207 498 4699.

Ticket Collection

We operate a paperless box office system. You will be emailed a receipt once you have booked in advance. There is no need to print this off, just state your name at the box office on arrival.

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

Sexual references, death

Find out more here.

Age Recommendation

12+

Duration

75m

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